#494E14#494E14

#494E14 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.079 H 114.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494E14
RGB	rgb(73, 78, 20)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(65, 74%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 74.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.61, -10.69, 32.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.61, 33.83, 108.43°)
OKLab	oklab(40.68% -0.0323 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(40.68% 0.079 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.5985, 6.9159, 1.7017)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494E14 #19144E

analogous

#4E3614 #494E14 #2C4E14

triadic

#494E14 #14494E #4E1449

tetradic

#494E14 #144E36 #19144E #4E142C

square

#494E14 #144E36 #19144E #4E142C

split-complementary

#494E14 #142C4E #36144E

monochromatic

#171806 #1B1D08 #494E14 #777F20 #A4AF2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#494E14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#494E14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494E14

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494E14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494E14	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544A0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494e14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 78, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.079 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7f56',
    500: '#494e14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494e14;
$custom-light: #7e7f56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494e14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.172,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40679,
    "c": 0.07894,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494E14

secondary

#3E3886

accent

#45E253

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494E14

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

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