#494D14#494D14

#494D14 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.078 H 113.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494D14
RGB	rgb(73, 77, 20)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(64, 74%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 74%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.29, -10.11, 31.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.29, 33.33, 107.65°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% -0.0307 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.078 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5280, 6.7748, 1.6782)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494D14 #18144D

analogous

#4D3514 #494D14 #2D4D14

triadic

#494D14 #14494D #4D1449

tetradic

#494D14 #144D35 #18144D #4D142D

square

#494D14 #144D35 #18144D #4D142D

split-complementary

#494D14 #142D4D #35144D

monochromatic

#171806 #1B1C07 #494D14 #777E21 #A5AE2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#494D14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#494D14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494D14

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494D14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494D14	1.00	8.92	2.36	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53490C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494d14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 77, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.078 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7e55',
    500: '#494d14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494d14;
$custom-light: #7e7e55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494d14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.211,
    "s": 58.763,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40418,
    "c": 0.07765,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494D14

secondary

#3D3885

accent

#46E251

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494D14

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

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