#494C17#494C17

#494C17 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.074 H 112.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494C17
RGB	rgb(73, 76, 23)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 69.7%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.99, -9.30, 30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.99, 31.43, 107.21°)
OKLab	oklab(40.19% -0.0281 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(40.19% 0.074 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.4869, 6.6473, 1.8045)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494C17 #1A174C

analogous

#4C3517 #494C17 #2F4C17

triadic

#494C17 #17494C #4C1749

tetradic

#494C17 #174C35 #1A174C #4C172F

square

#494C17 #174C35 #1A174C #4C172F

split-complementary

#494C17 #172F4C #35174C

monochromatic

#171707 #1C1D09 #494C17 #767B25 #A3AA33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#494C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#494C17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494C17

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494C17	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)

#524810

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524A1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 76, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.074 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7d57',
    500: '#494c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494c17;
$custom-light: #7e7d57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.396,
    "s": 53.535,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40188,
    "c": 0.07377,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494C17

secondary

#403C83

accent

#4BDD53

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494C17

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

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