#474840

Color #474840

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 12.79 Nearest Tailwind class olive-700 #474739 · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#474840

RGB

rgb(71, 72, 64)

HSL

hsl(67.5, 5.9%, 26.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.5, 11.1%, 28.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 11.1%, 71.8%)

LAB

lab(30.27, -2.11, 4.66)

LCH

lch(30.27, 5.12, 114.36)

OKLCH

oklch(39.8%, 0.0131, 112.85)

HWB

hwb(67.5, 25.1%, 71.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#414048

Analogous

#484540

#474840

#434840

Triadic

#474840

#404748

#484047

Split-complementary

#474840

#404348

#454048

Tetradic

#474840

#404841

#414048

#484047

Square

#474840

#404845

#414048

#484043

Shades

Color #474840 mixed toward black.

#3b3c35

#2f302b

#242420

#181815

#0c0c0b

Tints

Color #474840 mixed toward white.

#68695d

#888a7b

#a6a79c

#c3c4bd

#e1e2de

Tones

Color #474840 mixed toward gray.

#474741

#464741

#464642

#454543

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.27:1

White text reads better on this background (9.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#474742 · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#474743 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#474444 · ΔE 6.2

Achromatopsia

#474747 · ΔE 5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #474840;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#474840]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#474840 (#474840) is rgb(71, 72, 64) in RGB.

No, #474840 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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