#494D19#494D19

#494D19 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.073 H 113.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494D19
RGB	rgb(73, 77, 25)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 67.5%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.33, -9.73, 29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.33, 30.97, 108.32°)
OKLab	oklab(40.47% -0.029 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(40.47% 0.073 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.5771, 6.7945, 1.9372)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494D19 #1D194D

analogous

#4D3719 #494D19 #2F4D19

triadic

#494D19 #19494D #4D1949

tetradic

#494D19 #194D37 #1D194D #4D192F

square

#494D19 #194D37 #1D194D #4D192F

split-complementary

#494D19 #192F4D #37194D

monochromatic

#161708 #1D1F0A #494D19 #757B28 #A1A937

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#494D19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#494D19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494D19

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494D19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494D19	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494d19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 77, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.073 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7e58',
    500: '#494d19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494d19;
$custom-light: #7d7e58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494d19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4047,
    "c": 0.07322,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494D19

secondary

#443E83

accent

#4DDA58

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494D19

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

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