#494B16#494B16

#494B16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.073 H 111.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494B16
RGB	rgb(73, 75, 22)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 70.7%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.66, -8.79, 30.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.66, 31.42, 106.24°)
OKLab	oklab(39.92% -0.0267 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(39.92% 0.073 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.4087, 6.5067, 1.7299)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494B16 #18164B

analogous

#4B3316 #494B16 #2F4B16

triadic

#494B16 #16494B #4B1649

tetradic

#494B16 #164B33 #18164B #4B162F

square

#494B16 #164B33 #18164B #4B162F

split-complementary

#494B16 #162F4B #33164B

monochromatic

#171807 #1B1C08 #494B16 #777A24 #A5AA32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#494B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#494B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494B16

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494B16	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51470F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514919

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4640

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 75, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.073 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7d56',
    500: '#494b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494b16;
$custom-light: #7e7d56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.264,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39918,
    "c": 0.07337,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494B16

secondary

#3D3A83

accent

#4ADE4F

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494B16

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

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