#494F11#494F11

#494F11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.083 H 114.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494F11
RGB	rgb(73, 79, 17)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(66, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 0%, 78.5%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.92, -11.46, 33.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.92, 35.59, 108.79°)
OKLab	oklab(40.92% -0.0348 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(40.92% 0.083 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.6450, 7.0490, 1.5934)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494F11 #17114F

analogous

#4F3611 #494F11 #2A4F11

triadic

#494F11 #11494F #4F1149

tetradic

#494F11 #114F36 #17114F #4F112A

square

#494F11 #114F36 #17114F #4F112A

split-complementary

#494F11 #112A4F #36114F

monochromatic

#171905 #1A1D06 #494F11 #78811C #A6B427

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#494F11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#494F11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494F11

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494F11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494F11	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554B06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494f11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.083 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e8054',
    500: '#494f11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494f11;
$custom-light: #7e8054;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494f11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.806,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40916,
    "c": 0.08253,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494F11

secondary

#3C3388

accent

#40E850

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE8

border

#C9C9C4

text

#0A0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494F11

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

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