#494B11#494B11

#494B11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.077 H 111.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494B11
RGB	rgb(73, 75, 17)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 77.3%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.61, -9.12, 32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.61, 33.68, 105.72°)
OKLab	oklab(39.87% -0.0283 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(39.87% 0.077 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.3651, 6.4892, 1.5001)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494B11 #13114B

analogous

#4B3011 #494B11 #2C4B11

triadic

#494B11 #11494B #4B1149

tetradic

#494B11 #114B30 #13114B #4B112C

square

#494B11 #114B30 #13114B #4B112C

split-complementary

#494B11 #112C4B #30114B

monochromatic

#181906 #181906 #494B11 #7A7D1C #AAAF28

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#494B11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#494B11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494B11

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494B11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494B11	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514707

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524915

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4640

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494b11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 75, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.077 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7d53',
    500: '#494b11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494b11;
$custom-light: #7e7d53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494b11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.069,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39871,
    "c": 0.07749,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494B11

secondary

#363384

accent

#42E647

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEEE7

border

#C9C9C3

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494B11

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

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