#494A14#494A14

#494A14 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.074 H 110.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494A14
RGB	rgb(73, 74, 20)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 73%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.31, -8.34, 30.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.31, 31.87, 105.16°)
OKLab	oklab(39.64% -0.0257 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(39.64% 0.074 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.3229, 6.3647, 1.6098)
Luminance	0.0636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494A14 #15144A

analogous

#4A3014 #494A14 #2E4A14

triadic

#494A14 #14494A #4A1449

tetradic

#494A14 #144A30 #15144A #4A142E

square

#494A14 #144A30 #15144A #4A142E

split-complementary

#494A14 #142E4A #30144A

monochromatic

#181807 #191A07 #494A14 #797A21 #A8AA2E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#494A14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#494A14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494A14

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494A14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494A14	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)

#50470C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E453F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494a14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 74, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.074 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7c55',
    500: '#494a14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494a14;
$custom-light: #7e7c55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494a14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.111,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39639,
    "c": 0.07386,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494A14

secondary

#393882

accent

#47E14A

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494A14

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

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