#494A0B#494A0B

#494A0B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.080 H 110.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494A0B
RGB	rgb(73, 74, 11)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(61, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 85.1%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.25, -8.85, 34.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.25, 35.59, 104.40°)
OKLab	oklab(39.57% -0.0281 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(39.57% 0.08 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.2570, 6.3383, 1.2630)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494A0B #0C0B4A

analogous

#4A2C0B #494A0B #2A4A0B

triadic

#494A0B #0B494A #4A0B49

tetradic

#494A0B #0B4A2C #0C0B4A #4A0B2A

square

#494A0B #0B4A2C #0C0B4A #4A0B2A

split-complementary

#494A0B #0B2A4A #2C0B4A

monochromatic

#1A1B04 #1A1B04 #494A0B #7E7F13 #B2B51B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#494A0B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#494A0B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494A0B

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494A0B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494A0B	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)

#514811

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F453E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494a0b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 74, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.080 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7c50',
    500: '#494a0b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494a0b;
$custom-light: #7e7c50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494a0b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.952,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39568,
    "c": 0.08031,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494A0B

secondary

#2C2B86

accent

#37F13A

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEEE7

border

#C9C9C3

text

#0A0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494A0B

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

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