#494E11#494E11

#494E11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.081 H 114.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494E11
RGB	rgb(73, 78, 17)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(65, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 78.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.59, -10.88, 33.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.59, 35.11, 108.06°)
OKLab	oklab(40.65% -0.0332 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(40.65% 0.081 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5734, 6.9058, 1.5696)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494E11 #16114E

analogous

#4E3411 #494E11 #2A4E11

triadic

#494E11 #11494E #4E1149

tetradic

#494E11 #114E34 #16114E #4E112A

square

#494E11 #114E34 #16114E #4E112A

split-complementary

#494E11 #112A4E #34114E

monochromatic

#181905 #1A1C06 #494E11 #78801C #A7B227

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#494E11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#494E11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494E11

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494E11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494E11	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544A06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494e11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 78, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.081 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7f54',
    500: '#494e11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494e11;
$custom-light: #7e7f54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494e11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.918,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40654,
    "c": 0.08124,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494E11

secondary

#3A3387

accent

#41E74E

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE8

border

#C9C9C4

text

#0A0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494E11

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

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