#494C14#494C14

#494C14 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.076 H 112.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494C14
RGB	rgb(73, 76, 20)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(63, 74%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 73.7%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.96, -9.52, 31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.96, 32.84, 106.85°)
OKLab	oklab(40.16% -0.029 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(40.16% 0.076 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4585, 6.6360, 1.6550)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494C14 #17144C

analogous

#4C3314 #494C14 #2D4C14

triadic

#494C14 #14494C #4C1449

tetradic

#494C14 #144C33 #17144C #4C142D

square

#494C14 #144C33 #17144C #4C142D

split-complementary

#494C14 #142D4C #33144C

monochromatic

#171806 #1A1C07 #494C14 #787C21 #A6AD2E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#494C14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#494C14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494C14

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494C14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494C14	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52480C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524A18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494c14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 76, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.076 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7d55',
    500: '#494c14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494c14;
$custom-light: #7e7d55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494c14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.214,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40158,
    "c": 0.07637,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494C14

secondary

#3C3884

accent

#46E24F

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494C14

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

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