#494F0B#494F0B

#494F0B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.086 H 114.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494F0B
RGB	rgb(73, 79, 11)
HSL	hsl(65, 76%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(65, 86%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 0%, 86.1%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.88, -11.78, 35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.88, 37.82, 108.14°)
OKLab	oklab(40.87% -0.0362 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(40.87% 0.086 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.6042, 7.0327, 1.3788)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494F0B #110B4F

analogous

#4F330B #494F0B #274F0B

triadic

#494F0B #0B494F #4F0B49

tetradic

#494F0B #0B4F33 #110B4F #4F0B27

square

#494F0B #0B4F33 #110B4F #4F0B27

split-complementary

#494F0B #0B274F #330B4F

monochromatic

#191B04 #191B04 #494F0B #7B8512 #ACBA1A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#494F0B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#494F0B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494F0B

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494F0B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494F0B	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494f0b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.086 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e8051',
    500: '#494f0b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494f0b;
$custom-light: #7e8051;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494f0b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.294,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40874,
    "c": 0.08634,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494F0B

secondary

#332B8B

accent

#36F246

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEEE7

border

#C9C9C3

text

#0A0A02

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494F0B

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

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