#494D12#494D12

#494D12 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.079 H 113.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494D12
RGB	rgb(73, 77, 18)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 76.6%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.27, -10.24, 32.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.27, 34.21, 107.42°)
OKLab	oklab(40.4% -0.0313 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(40.4% 0.079 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5109, 6.7680, 1.5882)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494D12 #16124D

analogous

#4D3312 #494D12 #2B4D12

triadic

#494D12 #12494D #4D1249

tetradic

#494D12 #124D33 #16124D #4D122B

square

#494D12 #124D33 #16124D #4D122B

split-complementary

#494D12 #122B4D #33124D

monochromatic

#181906 #1A1B06 #494D12 #787F1E #A7B029

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#494D12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#494D12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494D12

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494D12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494D12	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)

#534908

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4841

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494d12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 77, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.079 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7e54',
    500: '#494d12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494d12;
$custom-light: #7e7e54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494d12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.068,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40401,
    "c": 0.07924,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494D12

secondary

#3A3586

accent

#43E54E

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494D12

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

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