#494a39

Color #494a39

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 15.89 Nearest Tailwind class olive-700 #474739 · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#494a39

RGB

rgb(73, 74, 57)

HSL

hsl(63.5, 13%, 25.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.5, 23%, 29%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 23%, 71%)

LAB

lab(30.9, -3.8, 10.05)

LCH

lch(30.9, 10.74, 110.71)

OKLCH

oklch(40.3%, 0.0273, 110.36)

HWB

hwb(63.5, 22.4%, 71%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3a394a

Analogous

#4a4339

#494a39

#414a39

Triadic

#494a39

#39494a

#4a3949

Split-complementary

#494a39

#39414a

#43394a

Tetradic

#494a39

#394a3a

#3a394a

#4a3949

Square

#494a39

#394a43

#3a394a

#4a3941

Shades

Color #494a39 mixed toward black.

#3d3e30

#313126

#25251d

#181913

#0c0c0a

Tints

Color #494a39 mixed toward white.

#6c6e54

#8f9170

#abad94

#c7c8b8

#e3e4db

Tones

Color #494a39 mixed toward gray.

#48493a

#47473c

#45463d

#44443f

#434340

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.32:1

White text reads better on this background (9.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#49493e · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#49493f · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#494142 · ΔE 13.2

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 9.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #494a39;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#494a39]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#494a39 (#494a39) is rgb(73, 74, 57) in RGB.

No, #494a39 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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