#494f21

Color #494f21

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 14.13 Nearest Tailwind class lime-900 #35530e · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#494f21

RGB

rgb(73, 79, 33)

HSL

hsl(67.8, 41.1%, 22%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.8, 58.2%, 31%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.6%, 0%, 58.2%, 69%)

LAB

lab(32.07, -10.16, 26)

LCH

lch(32.07, 27.91, 111.34)

OKLCH

oklch(41.1%, 0.0677, 115.66)

HWB

hwb(67.8, 12.9%, 69%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#27214f

Analogous

#4f3e21

#494f21

#324f21

Triadic

#494f21

#21494f

#4f2149

Split-complementary

#494f21

#21324f

#3e214f

Tetradic

#494f21

#214f27

#27214f

#4f2149

Square

#494f21

#214f3e

#27214f

#4f2132

Shades

Color #494f21 mixed toward black.

#3d421c

#313516

#252811

#181a0b

#0c0d06

Tints

Color #494f21 mixed toward white.

#747e35

#a0ad48

#bac473

#d1d8a1

#e8ebd0

Tones

Color #494f21 mixed toward gray.

#464b25

#434729

#41442d

#3e4030

#3b3c34

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.42:1

White text reads better on this background (8.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4c4c31 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#4b4b34 · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#493a3c · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#4b4b4b · ΔE 17.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #494f21;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#494f21]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#494f21 (#494f21) is rgb(73, 79, 33) in RGB.

No, #494f21 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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