#494A11#494A11

#494A11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.076 H 110.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494A11
RGB	rgb(73, 74, 17)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 77%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.29, -8.53, 32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.29, 33.22, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(39.61% -0.0266 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(39.61% 0.076 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2978, 6.3546, 1.4777)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494A11 #12114A

analogous

#4A2E11 #494A11 #2C4A11

triadic

#494A11 #11494A #4A1149

tetradic

#494A11 #114A2E #12114A #4A112C

square

#494A11 #114A2E #12114A #4A112C

split-complementary

#494A11 #112C4A #2E114A

monochromatic

#191906 #191906 #494A11 #7A7C1C #ABAE28

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#494A11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#494A11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494A11

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494A11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494A11	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514815

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F453F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494a11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 74, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.076 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7c53',
    500: '#494a11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494a11;
$custom-light: #7e7c53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494a11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.053,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39612,
    "c": 0.07627,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494A11

secondary

#353383

accent

#42E645

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEEE7

border

#C9C9C3

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494A11

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

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