#494D11#494D11

#494D11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.080 H 113.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494D11
RGB	rgb(73, 77, 17)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 77.9%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.27, -10.30, 33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.27, 34.63, 107.31°)
OKLab	oklab(40.39% -0.0316 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(40.39% 0.08 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.5029, 6.7648, 1.5461)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494D11 #15114D

analogous

#4D3311 #494D11 #2B4D11

triadic

#494D11 #11494D #4D1149

tetradic

#494D11 #114D33 #15114D #4D112B

square

#494D11 #114D33 #15114D #4D112B

split-complementary

#494D11 #112B4D #33114D

monochromatic

#181906 #191B06 #494D11 #797F1C #A8B127

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#494D11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#494D11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494D11

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494D11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494D11	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534907

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4841

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494d11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 77, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.080 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7e54',
    500: '#494d11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494d11;
$custom-light: #7e7e54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494d11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40392,
    "c": 0.07998,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494D11

secondary

#393386

accent

#41E74C

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEEE8

border

#C9C9C4

text

#0A0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494D11

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

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