#494A15#494A15

#494A15 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.073 H 110.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494A15
RGB	rgb(73, 74, 21)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 71.6%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.32, -8.26, 30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.32, 31.41, 105.26°)
OKLab	oklab(39.65% -0.0254 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(39.65% 0.073 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.3320, 6.3683, 1.6577)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494A15 #16154A

analogous

#4A3015 #494A15 #2E4A15

triadic

#494A15 #15494A #4A1549

tetradic

#494A15 #154A30 #16154A #4A152E

square

#494A15 #154A30 #16154A #4A152E

split-complementary

#494A15 #152E4A #30154A

monochromatic

#181807 #1A1A07 #494A15 #787A23 #A7A930

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#494A15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#494A15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494A15

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494A15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494A15	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)

#50470E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E453F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494a15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 74, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.073 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7c56',
    500: '#494a15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494a15;
$custom-light: #7e7c56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494a15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.132,
    "s": 55.789,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39649,
    "c": 0.073,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494A15

secondary

#3A3982

accent

#49DF4C

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494A15

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

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