Information about #494636 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#494636 presents itself as a softly toned golden yellow — one that stays on the darker end of the scale. In practice it works well for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Double Mondo (#4A4237). Slightly further away sit Nest Egg (#4D453A) and Earth Black (#49433B).
In RGB terms — rgb(73, 70, 54) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #494636: 9.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.2:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:71) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#494636 color variations
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#494636 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#494636 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#494636 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#494636 color hues
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#494636 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #494636 color
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Nearest named colors to #494636
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#4A4237
#4D453A
#49433B
#4B433B
#454139
#4D4B3A
#444C38
#50453A
#4F4037
#46473E
#454D32
#46413E
#494636 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#494636
- RGB73, 70, 54
- CMYK0, 1, 7, 71
- CSSrgb(73, 70, 54)
- HSL51°, 15%, 25%
- HSL Precise50.526°, 14.961%, 24.902%
- HSV51°, 26%, 29%
- HSB51°, 26%, 29%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.286
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.275
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.212
- GLSLvec3(0.286, 0.275, 0.212)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.286, 0.275, 0.212, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.286, 0.275, 0.212)
- Percentage of Red in RGB28.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB27.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB21.2%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID494636
- DECIMAL ID4802102
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers12 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
