#494E12#494E12

#494E12 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	#494E12
RGB	rgb(73, 78, 18)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 76.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.60, -10.82, 32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.60, 34.69, 108.18°)
OKLab	oklab(40.66% -0.0329 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(40.66% 0.081 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5814, 6.9090, 1.6117)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494E12 #17124E

analogous

#4E3512 #494E12 #2B4E12

triadic

#494E12 #12494E #4E1249

tetradic

#494E12 #124E35 #17124E #4E122B

square

#494E12 #124E35 #17124E #4E122B

split-complementary

#494E12 #122B4E #35124E

monochromatic

#171906 #1A1C07 #494E12 #78801D #A6B129

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#494E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#494E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494E12

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494E12	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)

#544A08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 78, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.081 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7f54',
    500: '#494e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494e12;
$custom-light: #7e7f54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40662,
    "c": 0.08051,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494E12

secondary

#3C3587

accent

#42E650

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494E12

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

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