#494C18#494C18

#494C18 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.073 H 112.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494C18
RGB	rgb(73, 76, 24)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 68.4%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.00, -9.22, 29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.00, 30.95, 107.34°)
OKLab	oklab(40.2% -0.0277 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(40.2% 0.073 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.4971, 6.6514, 1.8582)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494C18 #1B184C

analogous

#4C3518 #494C18 #2F4C18

triadic

#494C18 #18494C #4C1849

tetradic

#494C18 #184C35 #1B184C #4C182F

square

#494C18 #184C35 #1B184C #4C182F

split-complementary

#494C18 #182F4C #35184C

monochromatic

#161707 #1C1D09 #494C18 #767B27 #A2A935

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#494C18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#494C18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494C18

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494C18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494C18	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524812

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524A1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494c18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 76, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.073 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7d58',
    500: '#494c18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494c18;
$custom-light: #7d7d58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494c18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.462,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40199,
    "c": 0.07284,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494C18

secondary

#413D83

accent

#4CDB55

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494C18

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

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