#494E0C#494E0C

#494E0C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.085 H 114.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494E0C
RGB	rgb(73, 78, 12)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(65, 85%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 84.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, -11.15, 35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 37.02, 107.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.62% -0.0344 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(40.62% 0.085 114)
XYZ	xyz(5.5386, 6.8919, 1.3863)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494E0C #110C4E

analogous

#4E320C #494E0C #284E0C

triadic

#494E0C #0C494E #4E0C49

tetradic

#494E0C #0C4E32 #110C4E #4E0C28

square

#494E0C #0C4E32 #110C4E #4E0C28

split-complementary

#494E0C #0C284E #320C4E

monochromatic

#191B04 #191B04 #494E0C #7B8314 #ACB81C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#494E0C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#494E0C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494E0C

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494E0C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494E0C	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494e0c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 78, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.085 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7f51',
    500: '#494e0c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494e0c;
$custom-light: #7e7f51;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494e0c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.545,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40618,
    "c": 0.08453,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.06892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494E0C

secondary

#332C8A

accent

#38F046

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEEE7

border

#C9C9C3

text

#0A0A02

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494E0C

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

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