#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
RGB	rgb(73, 76, 18)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(63, 76%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 76.3%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.95, -9.65, 32.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.95, 33.73, 106.63°)
OKLab	oklab(40.14% -0.0296 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(40.14% 0.078 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4414, 6.6291, 1.5651)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##494C12	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)

#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

Preview Lab

Preview with #494C12

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

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