#494E15#494E15

#494E15 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.078 H 114.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494E15
RGB	rgb(73, 78, 21)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 73.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.62, -10.62, 31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.62, 33.38, 108.56°)
OKLab	oklab(40.69% -0.032 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(40.69% 0.078 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.6075, 6.9195, 1.7495)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494E15 #1A154E

analogous

#4E3715 #494E15 #2D4E15

triadic

#494E15 #15494E #4E1549

tetradic

#494E15 #154E37 #1A154E #4E152D

square

#494E15 #154E37 #1A154E #4E152D

split-complementary

#494E15 #152D4E #37154E

monochromatic

#171806 #1C1E08 #494E15 #767E22 #A3AE2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#494E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#494E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494E15

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494E15	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)

#544A0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 78, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.078 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7f56',
    500: '#494e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494e15;
$custom-light: #7e7f56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.263,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40689,
    "c": 0.07812,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494E15

secondary

#403986

accent

#47E154

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494E15

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

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