#494D18#494D18

#494D18 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.074 H 113.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494D18
RGB	rgb(73, 77, 24)
HSL	hsl(65, 52%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 68.8%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.32, -9.81, 29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.32, 31.46, 108.18°)
OKLab	oklab(40.46% -0.0294 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(40.46% 0.074 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5665, 6.7903, 1.8814)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494D18 #1C184D

analogous

#4D3618 #494D18 #2F4D18

triadic

#494D18 #18494D #4D1849

tetradic

#494D18 #184D36 #1C184D #4D182F

square

#494D18 #184D36 #1C184D #4D182F

split-complementary

#494D18 #182F4D #36184D

monochromatic

#161707 #1D1E09 #494D18 #757C27 #A1AA35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#494D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#494D18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494D18

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494D18	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)

#534911

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 77, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.074 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7e58',
    500: '#494d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494d18;
$custom-light: #7e7e58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.528,
    "s": 52.475,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40459,
    "c": 0.07415,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494D18

secondary

#423D84

accent

#4CDC57

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494D18

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

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