#494C12#494C12

#494C12 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.078 H 112.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#494C12
RGBrgb(73, 76, 18)
HSLhsl(63, 62%, 18%)
HSVhsv(63, 76%, 30%)
CMYKcmyk(3.9%, 0%, 76.3%, 70.2%)
CIE-LABlab(30.95, -9.65, 32.31)
CIE-LCHlch(30.95, 33.73, 106.63°)
OKLaboklab(40.14% -0.0296 0.0721)
OKLCHoklch(40.14% 0.078 112.3)
XYZxyz(5.4414, 6.6291, 1.5651)
Luminance0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#494C12 #15124C
analogous
#4C3212 #494C12 #2C4C12
triadic
#494C12 #12494C #4C1249
tetradic
#494C12 #124C32 #15124C #4C122C
square
#494C12 #124C32 #15124C #4C122C
split-complementary
#494C12 #122C4C #32124C
monochromatic
#181906 #191B06 #494C12 #797D1E #A8AF29

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03
#494C12 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33
#494C12 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494C12
9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##494C12#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##494C121.009.032.339.03
#FFFFFF9.031.0021.001.00
#0000002.3321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.031.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#524809
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#524A16
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4E4741
Achromatopsia (no color)
#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #494c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 76, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.078 112.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7d54',
    500: '#494c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #494c12;
$custom-light: #7e7d54;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#494c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.103,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4014,
    "c": 0.07797,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#494C12
secondary
#393585
accent
#43E54B
background
#F7F7F5
surface
#EEEEE8
border
#C9C9C4
text
#0A0903
muted
#7C7B78

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#494C12 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva