#494B18#494B18

#494B18 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.072 H 111.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494B18
RGB	rgb(73, 75, 24)
HSL	hsl(62, 52%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 68%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.68, -8.63, 29.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.68, 30.44, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(39.94% -0.026 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(39.94% 0.072 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.4288, 6.5147, 1.8355)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494B18 #1A184B

analogous

#4B3418 #494B18 #304B18

triadic

#494B18 #18494B #4B1849

tetradic

#494B18 #184B34 #1A184B #4B1830

square

#494B18 #184B34 #1A184B #4B1830

split-complementary

#494B18 #18304B #34184B

monochromatic

#171707 #1C1D09 #494B18 #767927 #A3A836

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#494B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#494B18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494B18

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494B18	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)

#514712

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51491B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4640

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 75, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.072 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7d58',
    500: '#494b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494b18;
$custom-light: #7d7d58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.353,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3994,
    "c": 0.07154,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494B18

secondary

#403D82

accent

#4DDB52

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494B18

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

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