#494B14#494B14

#494B14 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.075 H 111.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494B14
RGB	rgb(73, 75, 20)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 73.3%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.64, -8.93, 31.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.64, 32.35, 106.02°)
OKLab	oklab(39.9% -0.0274 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(39.9% 0.075 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.3902, 6.4993, 1.6322)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494B14 #16144B

analogous

#4B3114 #494B14 #2D4B14

triadic

#494B14 #14494B #4B1449

tetradic

#494B14 #144B31 #16144B #4B142D

square

#494B14 #144B31 #16144B #4B142D

split-complementary

#494B14 #142D4B #31144B

monochromatic

#181806 #1A1B07 #494B14 #787B21 #A7AC2E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#494B14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#494B14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494B14

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494B14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494B14	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51470C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524918

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4640

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494b14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 75, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.075 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7d55',
    500: '#494b14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494b14;
$custom-light: #7e7d55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494b14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.182,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39898,
    "c": 0.07511,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494B14

secondary

#3A3883

accent

#47E14C

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494B14

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

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