#494B08#494B08

#494B08 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.083 H 111.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494B08
RGB	rgb(73, 75, 8)
HSL	hsl(62, 81%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(62, 89%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 89.3%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.56, -9.57, 35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.56, 37.05, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(39.81% -0.0304 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(39.81% 0.083 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.3078, 6.4663, 1.1982)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494B08 #0A084B

analogous

#4B2C08 #494B08 #284B08

triadic

#494B08 #08494B #4B0849

tetradic

#494B08 #084B2C #0A084B #4B0828

square

#494B08 #084B2C #0A084B #4B0828

split-complementary

#494B08 #08284B #2C084B

monochromatic

#1B1C03 #1B1C03 #494B08 #7F820E #B5BA14

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#494B08 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#494B08 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494B08

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494B08	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494B08	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52490F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F463F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494b08;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 75, 8);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.083 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7d4f',
    500: '#494b08',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494b08;
$custom-light: #7e7d4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494b08",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 8
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.791,
    "s": 80.723,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3981,
    "c": 0.08317,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494B08

secondary

#292689

accent

#31F737

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEEE7

border

#C9C9C3

text

#0A0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494B08

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

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