#494E0E#494E0E

#494E0E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.083 H 114.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494E0E
RGB	rgb(73, 78, 14)
HSL	hsl(65, 70%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(65, 82%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 82.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.57, -11.05, 34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.57, 36.29, 107.73°)
OKLab	oklab(40.63% -0.034 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(40.63% 0.083 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5515, 6.8971, 1.4542)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494E0E #130E4E

analogous

#4E330E #494E0E #294E0E

triadic

#494E0E #0E494E #4E0E49

tetradic

#494E0E #0E4E33 #130E4E #4E0E29

square

#494E0E #0E4E33 #130E4E #4E0E29

split-complementary

#494E0E #0E294E #330E4E

monochromatic

#181A05 #181A05 #494E0E #7A8217 #AAB621

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#494E0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#494E0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494E0E

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494E0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494E0E	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)

#544A02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494e0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 78, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.083 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7f52',
    500: '#494e0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494e0e;
$custom-light: #7e7f52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494e0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.688,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40631,
    "c": 0.08331,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494E0E

secondary

#362F89

accent

#3BEC49

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEEE7

border

#C9C9C3

text

#0A0A02

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494E0E

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

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