#494D17#494D17

#494D17 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.075 H 113.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494D17
RGB	rgb(73, 77, 23)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 70.1%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.32, -9.89, 30.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.32, 31.94, 108.04°)
OKLab	oklab(40.45% -0.0297 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(40.45% 0.075 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5563, 6.7862, 1.8276)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494D17 #1B174D

analogous

#4D3617 #494D17 #2E4D17

triadic

#494D17 #17494D #4D1749

tetradic

#494D17 #174D36 #1B174D #4D172E

square

#494D17 #174D36 #1B174D #4D172E

split-complementary

#494D17 #172E4D #36174D

monochromatic

#161807 #1C1E09 #494D17 #767C25 #A2AB33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#494D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#494D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494D17

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494D17	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)

#534910

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 77, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.075 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7e57',
    500: '#494d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494d17;
$custom-light: #7e7e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.444,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40448,
    "c": 0.07507,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494D17

secondary

#413C84

accent

#4ADD55

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494D17

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

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