#494A12#494A12

#494A12 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.075 H 110.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494A12
RGB	rgb(73, 74, 18)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 75.7%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.30, -8.47, 31.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.30, 32.78, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(39.62% -0.0263 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(39.62% 0.076 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.3058, 6.3578, 1.5198)
Luminance	0.0636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494A12 #13124A

analogous

#4A2F12 #494A12 #2D4A12

triadic

#494A12 #12494A #4A1249

tetradic

#494A12 #124A2F #13124A #4A122D

square

#494A12 #124A2F #13124A #4A122D

split-complementary

#494A12 #122D4A #2F124A

monochromatic

#181906 #181906 #494A12 #7A7B1E #AAAC2A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#494A12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#494A12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494A12

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494A12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494A12	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504609

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514816

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F453F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494a12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 74, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.075 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7c54',
    500: '#494a12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494a12;
$custom-light: #7e7c54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494a12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.071,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39621,
    "c": 0.0755,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494A12

secondary

#363583

accent

#44E447

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEEE8

border

#C9C9C4

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494A12

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

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