#494C19#494C19

#494C19 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.072 H 112.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494C19
RGB	rgb(73, 76, 25)
HSL	hsl(64, 50%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(64, 67%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 67.1%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.01, -9.14, 29.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.01, 30.45, 107.47°)
OKLab	oklab(40.21% -0.0274 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(40.21% 0.072 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.5077, 6.6557, 1.9140)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494C19 #1C194C

analogous

#4C3519 #494C19 #304C19

triadic

#494C19 #19494C #4C1949

tetradic

#494C19 #194C35 #1C194C #4C1930

square

#494C19 #194C35 #1C194C #4C1930

split-complementary

#494C19 #19304C #35194C

monochromatic

#161708 #1D1E0A #494C19 #757A28 #A1A837

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#494C19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#494C19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494C19

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494C19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494C19	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)

#524813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524A1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494c19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 76, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.072 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7d58',
    500: '#494c19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494c19;
$custom-light: #7d7d58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494c19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 50.495,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4021,
    "c": 0.07189,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494C19

secondary

#423E82

accent

#4EDA56

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494C19

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

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