#494D15#494D15

#494D15 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.077 H 113.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494D15
RGB	rgb(73, 77, 21)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 72.7%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.30, -10.04, 31.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.30, 32.88, 107.78°)
OKLab	oklab(40.43% -0.0304 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(40.43% 0.077 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5370, 6.7785, 1.7260)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494D15 #19154D

analogous

#4D3515 #494D15 #2D4D15

triadic

#494D15 #15494D #4D1549

tetradic

#494D15 #154D35 #19154D #4D152D

square

#494D15 #154D35 #19154D #4D152D

split-complementary

#494D15 #152D4D #35154D

monochromatic

#171807 #1B1D08 #494D15 #777D22 #A4AD2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#494D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#494D15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494D15

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494D15	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53490D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 77, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.077 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7e56',
    500: '#494d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494d15;
$custom-light: #7e7e56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40428,
    "c": 0.07682,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494D15

secondary

#3E3985

accent

#47E052

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494D15

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

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