#49491E#49491E

#49491E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.063 H 109.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49491E
RGB	rgb(73, 73, 30)
HSL	hsl(60, 42%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58.9%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.10, -6.90, 25.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.10, 26.29, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(39.5% -0.0204 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(39.5% 0.063 109)
XYZ	xyz(5.3647, 6.2754, 2.1567)
Luminance	0.0628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49491E #1E1E49

analogous

#49331E #49491E #33491E

triadic

#49491E #1E4949 #491E49

tetradic

#49491E #1E4933 #1E1E49 #491E33

square

#49491E #1E4933 #1E1E49 #491E33

split-complementary

#49491E #1E3349 #331E49

monochromatic

#161609 #1E1E0C #49491E #747430 #A0A042

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.31

#49491E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#49491E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49491E

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49491E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49491E	1.00	9.31	2.26	9.31
#FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F461A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4820

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E453F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49491e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 73, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.063 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7b5b',
    500: '#49491e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49491e;
$custom-light: #7d7b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49491e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 41.748,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.395,
    "c": 0.06272,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.06275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49491E

secondary

#45457E

accent

#56D256

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #49491E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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