#494A16#494A16

#494A16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.072 H 110.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494A16
RGB	rgb(73, 74, 22)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 70.3%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.33, -8.19, 29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.33, 30.93, 105.36°)
OKLab	oklab(39.66% -0.025 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(39.66% 0.072 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.3414, 6.3721, 1.7075)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494A16 #17164A

analogous

#4A3116 #494A16 #2F4A16

triadic

#494A16 #16494A #4A1649

tetradic

#494A16 #164A31 #17164A #4A162F

square

#494A16 #164A31 #17164A #4A162F

split-complementary

#494A16 #162F4A #31164A

monochromatic

#171807 #1A1B08 #494A16 #787924 #A6A832

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#494A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#494A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494A16

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494A16	1.00	9.23	2.27	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50470F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514819

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E453F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 74, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.072 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7c56',
    500: '#494a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494a16;
$custom-light: #7e7c56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.154,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39659,
    "c": 0.0721,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494A16

secondary

#3C3A82

accent

#4ADE4D

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494A16

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

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