#494F16#494F16

#494F16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.079 H 115.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494F16
RGB	rgb(73, 79, 22)
HSL	hsl(66, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(66, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 0%, 72.2%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.96, -11.13, 31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.96, 33.43, 109.46°)
OKLab	oklab(40.96% -0.0333 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(40.96% 0.079 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.6886, 7.0665, 1.8232)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494F16 #1C164F

analogous

#4F3916 #494F16 #2C4F16

triadic

#494F16 #16494F #4F1649

tetradic

#494F16 #164F39 #1C164F #4F162C

square

#494F16 #164F39 #1C164F #4F162C

split-complementary

#494F16 #162C4F #39164F

monochromatic

#161807 #1D1F09 #494F16 #757F23 #A1AF31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#494F16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#494F16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494F16

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494F16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494F16	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554B0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494f16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 79, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.079 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e8057',
    500: '#494f16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494f16;
$custom-light: #7e8057;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494f16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.316,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4096,
    "c": 0.0786,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494F16

secondary

#423A86

accent

#48E058

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494F16

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

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