#494F12#494F12

#494F12 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.082 H 115.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494F12
RGB	rgb(73, 79, 18)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 0%, 77.2%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.93, -11.40, 33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.93, 35.18, 108.91°)
OKLab	oklab(40.92% -0.0345 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(40.92% 0.082 115)
XYZ	xyz(5.6530, 7.0522, 1.6356)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494F12 #18124F

analogous

#4F3712 #494F12 #2B4F12

triadic

#494F12 #12494F #4F1249

tetradic

#494F12 #124F37 #18124F #4F122B

square

#494F12 #124F37 #18124F #4F122B

split-complementary

#494F12 #122B4F #37124F

monochromatic

#171906 #1B1D07 #494F12 #77811D #A5B329

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#494F12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#494F12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494F12

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494F12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494F12	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)

#554B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494f12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.082 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e8055',
    500: '#494f12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494f12;
$custom-light: #7e8055;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494f12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.902,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40924,
    "c": 0.0818,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.07052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494F12

secondary

#3D3588

accent

#42E652

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494F12

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

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