#49501E#49501E

#49501E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.072 H 116.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49501E
RGB	rgb(73, 80, 30)
HSL	hsl(68, 45%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(68, 63%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 62.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.36, -11.04, 27.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.36, 30.05, 111.56°)
OKLab	oklab(41.31% -0.0321 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(41.31% 0.072 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8508, 7.2476, 2.3188)
Luminance	0.0725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49501E #251E50

analogous

#503E1E #49501E #30501E

triadic

#49501E #1E4950 #501E49

tetradic

#49501E #1E503E #251E50 #501E30

square

#49501E #1E503E #251E50 #501E30

split-complementary

#49501E #1E3050 #3E1E50

monochromatic

#141608 #20230D #49501E #727D2F #9AA93F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#49501E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#49501E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49501E

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49501E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49501E	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49501e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 80, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.072 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d815c',
    500: '#49501e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49501e;
$custom-light: #7d815c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49501e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.4,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41311,
    "c": 0.07238,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49501E

secondary

#4E4585

accent

#53D565

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #49501E

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

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