#494D1A#494D1A

#494D1A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.072 H 113.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494D1A
RGB	rgb(73, 77, 26)
HSL	hsl(65, 50%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(65, 66%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 66.2%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.34, -9.65, 28.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.34, 30.47, 108.46°)
OKLab	oklab(40.48% -0.0287 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(40.48% 0.072 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.5881, 6.7989, 1.9950)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494D1A #1E1A4D

analogous

#4D371A #494D1A #2F4D1A

triadic

#494D1A #1A494D #4D1A49

tetradic

#494D1A #1A4D37 #1E1A4D #4D1A2F

square

#494D1A #1A4D37 #1E1A4D #4D1A2F

split-complementary

#494D1A #1A2F4D #371A4D

monochromatic

#161708 #1E1F0B #494D1A #747B29 #A0A939

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#494D1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#494D1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494D1A

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494D1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494D1A	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)

#534914

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494d1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 77, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.072 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7e59',
    500: '#494d1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494d1a;
$custom-light: #7d7e59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494d1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.706,
    "s": 49.515,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40481,
    "c": 0.07226,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494D1A

secondary

#454083

accent

#4FD95A

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494D1A

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

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