#494E18#494E18

#494E18 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.075 H 114.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494E18
RGB	rgb(73, 78, 24)
HSL	hsl(66, 53%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 69.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.65, -10.40, 30.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.65, 31.97, 108.98°)
OKLab	oklab(40.72% -0.031 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(40.72% 0.076 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.6370, 6.9313, 1.9049)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494E18 #1D184E

analogous

#4E3818 #494E18 #2E4E18

triadic

#494E18 #18494E #4E1849

tetradic

#494E18 #184E38 #1D184E #4E182E

square

#494E18 #184E38 #1D184E #4E182E

split-complementary

#494E18 #182E4E #38184E

monochromatic

#161707 #1D1F0A #494E18 #757D26 #A1AC35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#494E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#494E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494E18

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494E18	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)

#544A11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 78, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.075 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7f58',
    500: '#494e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494e18;
$custom-light: #7e7f58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.556,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40719,
    "c": 0.0755,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494E18

secondary

#443D85

accent

#4BDC59

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494E18

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

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