HEX atlas value

#494727

#494727 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Taupe. RGB 73, 71, 39, HSL 56° 30% 22%, luminance 0.0607; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm dark earth-tone

#494727 Sample readable text

HEX #494727

RGB rgb(73, 71, 39)

HSL hsl(56 30% 22%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 3, 47, 71)

Luminance 0.0607

Contrast Black 2.21:1White 9.49:1

CSS

--color-494727: #494727;
.background-494727 { background-color: #494727; }
.text-494727 { color: #494727; }

HEX meaning and use

About #494727

#494727 is classified as a warm yellow value with dark and earth tone visual character. #494727 is visually closest to Taupe, a named orange color with HEX #483C32.

The RGB channels are 73, 71, and 39, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 56deg with 30% saturation and 22% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.0607, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 15.59, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text2.21:1AA Fail

White text9.49:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #494727 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000002.21:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF9.49:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

#0D0D07#0D0D07 · #FFFFFF text · best 19.48:1 #272A49#272A49 · #FFFFFF text · best 13.87:1 #493627#493627 · #FFFFFF text · best 11.41:1 Espresso#4B3621 · #FFFFFF text · best 11.36:1 Pine Bark#4A3728 · #FFFFFF text · best 11.24:1

Generated Palette

#494727#494727

#272A49#272A49

#493627#493627

#3A4927#3A4927

#858147#858147

#0D0D07#0D0D07

Color Harmonies

#272A49#272A49

#493627#493627

#3A4927#3A4927

#274947#274947

#472749#472749

Variants

#858147#858147

#0D0D07#0D0D07

#55511B#55511B

#3D3C34#3D3C34

#8A8766#8A8766

#998F00#998F00

Nearest Named Colors

Taupe#483C32

Pine Bark#4A3728

Espresso#4B3621

Bark#5B3A29

Moss Deep#4A5D23

Luminance0.0607

Black text2.21:1AA Fail

White text9.49:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#494727","rgb":[73,71,39],"hsl":[56,30,22],"cmyk":[0,3,47,71],"luminance":0.0607,"contrast":{"black":2.21,"white":9.49}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":2.21,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":9.49,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#0D0D07","hex":"#0D0D07","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.08,"contrastWhite":19.48,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#272A49","hex":"#272A49","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.51,"contrastWhite":13.87,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#493627","hex":"#493627","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.84,"contrastWhite":11.41,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Espresso","hex":"#4B3621","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.85,"contrastWhite":11.36,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Pine Bark","hex":"#4A3728","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.87,"contrastWhite":11.24,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","dark","earth tone","dark yellow","earth tone yellow","Taupe adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes","dark theme accents","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/494727.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/taupe.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pine-bark.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/espresso.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#272A49","analogous":["#493627","#3A4927"],"triadic":["#274947","#472749"],"tetradic":["#274936","#272A49","#49273A"],"splitComplementary":["#273A49","#362749"],"monochromatic":["#858147","#494727","#0D0D07"]}

Variants

{"light":"#858147","dark":"#0D0D07","saturated":"#55511B","desaturated":"#3D3C34","pastel":"#8A8766","neon":"#998F00"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"taupe","name":"Taupe","hex":"#483C32","distance":15.588457268119896},{"slug":"pine-bark","name":"Pine Bark","hex":"#4A3728","distance":16.06237840420901},{"slug":"espresso","name":"Espresso","hex":"#4B3621","distance":18.138357147217054},{"slug":"bark","name":"Bark","hex":"#5B3A29","distance":22.293496809607955},{"slug":"moss-deep","name":"Moss Deep","hex":"#4A5D23","distance":22.38302928559939}]

#494727

CSS

About #494727

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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