#494E17#494E17

#494E17 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.076 H 114.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494E17
RGB	rgb(73, 78, 23)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.64, -10.48, 30.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.64, 32.45, 108.84°)
OKLab	oklab(40.71% -0.0314 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(40.71% 0.076 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.6268, 6.9272, 1.8511)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494E17 #1C174E

analogous

#4E3817 #494E17 #2D4E17

triadic

#494E17 #17494E #4E1749

tetradic

#494E17 #174E38 #1C174E #4E172D

square

#494E17 #174E38 #1C174E #4E172D

split-complementary

#494E17 #172D4E #38174E

monochromatic

#161807 #1D1F09 #494E17 #757D25 #A1AD33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#494E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#494E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494E17

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494E17	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544A10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 78, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.076 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7f57',
    500: '#494e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494e17;
$custom-light: #7e7f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40709,
    "c": 0.07639,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494E17

secondary

#423C85

accent

#4ADE57

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494E17

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

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