Information about #494430 color

#494430 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#494430 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Low Saturation, Dark brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(73, 68, 48) — 28.6% red, 26.7% green, 18.8% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 2 / 10 / 71. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A calm, restrained golden yellow, #494430 leans clearly toward the dark side. Designers typically reach for tones like this for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Ash Brown (#493F2F). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Suburban (#48402C) and Onion (#48412B).

The recipe behind #494430 is rgb(73, 68, 48), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #494430: 9.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.2:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:71), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #494430 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#494430 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#494430 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #494430

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Ash Brown color link
Ash Brown

#493F2F

Suburban color link
Suburban

#48402C

Onion color link
Onion

#48412B

Double Mondo color link
Double Mondo

#4A4237

Woodrush color link
Woodrush

#45402B

Dark Lava color link
Dark Lava

#483C32

Deep Bronze color link
Deep Bronze

#51412D

Pine Needle color link
Pine Needle

#454D32

Paco color link
Paco

#4F4037

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#494430
  • RGB73, 68, 48
  • CMYK0, 2, 10, 71
  • CSSrgb(73, 68, 48)
  • HSL48°, 21%, 24%
  • HSL Precise48°, 20.661%, 23.725%
  • HSV48°, 34%, 29%
  • HSB48°, 34%, 29%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.286
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.267
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.188
  • GLSLvec3(0.286, 0.267, 0.188)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.286, 0.267, 0.188, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.286, 0.267, 0.188)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB28.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB26.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB18.8%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID494430
  • DECIMAL ID4801584
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01