#494B19#494B19

#494B19 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.071 H 111.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494B19
RGB	rgb(73, 75, 25)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 66.7%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.69, -8.55, 28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.69, 29.94, 106.59°)
OKLab	oklab(39.95% -0.0257 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(39.95% 0.071 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4393, 6.5189, 1.8913)
Luminance	0.0652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494B19 #1B194B

analogous

#4B3419 #494B19 #304B19

triadic

#494B19 #19494B #4B1949

tetradic

#494B19 #194B34 #1B194B #4B1930

square

#494B19 #194B34 #1B194B #4B1930

split-complementary

#494B19 #19304B #34194B

monochromatic

#161708 #1C1D0A #494B19 #767928 #A2A738

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#494B19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#494B19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494B19

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494B19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494B19	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)

#514813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51491C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4640

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494b19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 75, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.071 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7d58',
    500: '#494b19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494b19;
$custom-light: #7d7d58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494b19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39951,
    "c": 0.07057,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494B19

secondary

#413E81

accent

#4EDA54

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494B19

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

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