#494A09#494A09

#494A09 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.081 H 110.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494A09
RGB	rgb(73, 74, 9)
HSL	hsl(61, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(61, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.24, -8.94, 35.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.24, 36.28, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(39.56% -0.0286 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(39.56% 0.081 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.2459, 6.3339, 1.2046)
Luminance	0.0633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494A09 #0A094A

analogous

#4A2B09 #494A09 #294A09

triadic

#494A09 #09494A #4A0949

tetradic

#494A09 #094A2B #0A094A #4A0929

square

#494A09 #094A2B #0A094A #4A0929

split-complementary

#494A09 #09294A #2B094A

monochromatic

#1B1B03 #1B1B03 #494A09 #7F8110 #B5B716

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#494A09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#494A09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494A09

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494A09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494A09	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51480F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F453E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494a09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 74, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.081 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7c4f',
    500: '#494a09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494a09;
$custom-light: #7e7c4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494a09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.923,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39556,
    "c": 0.08145,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494A09

secondary

#292787

accent

#33F536

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEEE7

border

#C9C9C3

text

#0A0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494A09

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

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