#494A18#494A18

#494A18 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.070 H 110.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494A18
RGB	rgb(73, 74, 24)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 67.6%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.35, -8.03, 28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.35, 29.94, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(39.68% -0.0244 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(39.68% 0.07 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.3615, 6.3801, 1.8130)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494A18 #19184A

analogous

#4A3218 #494A18 #304A18

triadic

#494A18 #18494A #4A1849

tetradic

#494A18 #184A32 #19184A #4A1830

square

#494A18 #184A32 #19184A #4A1830

split-complementary

#494A18 #18304A #32184A

monochromatic

#171707 #1B1C09 #494A18 #777827 #A4A636

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#494A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#494A18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494A18

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494A18	1.00	9.23	2.28	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504712

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51481B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E453F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 74, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.070 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7c57',
    500: '#494a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494a18;
$custom-light: #7d7c57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.2,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39681,
    "c": 0.07025,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494A18

secondary

#3E3D81

accent

#4DDA50

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494A18

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

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