#494C11#494C11

#494C11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.079 H 112.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494C11
RGB	rgb(73, 76, 17)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(63, 78%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 77.6%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.94, -9.71, 32.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.94, 34.15, 106.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.13% -0.0299 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(40.13% 0.079 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4334, 6.6259, 1.5229)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494C11 #14114C

analogous

#4C3111 #494C11 #2B4C11

triadic

#494C11 #11494C #4C1149

tetradic

#494C11 #114C31 #14114C #4C112B

square

#494C11 #114C31 #14114C #4C112B

split-complementary

#494C11 #112B4C #31114C

monochromatic

#181906 #191A06 #494C11 #797E1C #A9B027

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#494C11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#494C11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494C11

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494C11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494C11	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524807

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524915

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494c11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 76, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.079 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7d54',
    500: '#494c11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494c11;
$custom-light: #7e7d54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494c11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.051,
    "s": 63.441,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40132,
    "c": 0.07873,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494C11

secondary

#383385

accent

#41E64A

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEEE8

border

#C9C9C4

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494C11

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

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