#494B0E#494B0E

#494B0E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.080 H 111.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494B0E
RGB	rgb(73, 75, 14)
HSL	hsl(62, 69%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(62, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 81.3%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.59, -9.30, 33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.59, 34.91, 105.44°)
OKLab	oklab(39.85% -0.0291 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(39.85% 0.08 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.3432, 6.4805, 1.3848)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494B0E #100E4B

analogous

#4B2E0E #494B0E #2B4B0E

triadic

#494B0E #0E494B #4B0E49

tetradic

#494B0E #0E4B2E #100E4B #4B0E2B

square

#494B0E #0E4B2E #100E4B #4B0E2B

split-complementary

#494B0E #0E2B4B #2E0E4B

monochromatic

#191A05 #191A05 #494B0E #7B7F18 #ADB221

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#494B0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#494B0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494B0E

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494B0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494B0E	1.00	9.15	2.30	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514703

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524913

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F463F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494b0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 75, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.080 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7d52',
    500: '#494b0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494b0e;
$custom-light: #7e7d52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494b0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.967,
    "s": 68.539,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39848,
    "c": 0.07962,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494B0E

secondary

#322F86

accent

#3CEB42

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEEE7

border

#C9C9C3

text

#0A0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494B0E

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

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