#4a4940

Color #4a4940

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 13.84 Nearest Tailwind class olive-700 #474739 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4a4940

RGB

rgb(74, 73, 64)

HSL

hsl(54, 7.2%, 27.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(54, 13.5%, 29%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 13.5%, 71%)

LAB

lab(30.86, -1.44, 5.54)

LCH

lch(30.86, 5.72, 104.57)

OKLCH

oklch(40.3%, 0.0147, 101.77)

HWB

hwb(54, 25.1%, 71%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#40414a

Analogous

#4a4440

#4a4940

#464a40

Triadic

#4a4940

#404a49

#49404a

Split-complementary

#4a4940

#40464a

#44404a

Tetradic

#4a4940

#414a40

#40414a

#49404a

Square

#4a4940

#404a44

#40414a

#4a4046

Shades

Color #4a4940 mixed toward black.

#3e3d35

#31312b

#252520

#191815

#0c0c0b

Tints

Color #4a4940 mixed toward white.

#6b6a5d

#8c8a7a

#a9a79b

#c5c5bd

#e2e2de

Tones

Color #4a4940 mixed toward gray.

#494841

#484842

#484743

#474643

#464644

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.32:1

White text reads better on this background (9.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4a42 · ΔE 0.8

Deuteranopia

#4a4a43 · ΔE 1.2

Tritanopia

#4a4444 · ΔE 7.2

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 5.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4a4940;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a4940]

Related colors

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Gold #ffd700

Ivory #fffff0

Frequently asked questions

#4a4940 (#4a4940) is rgb(74, 73, 64) in RGB.

No, #4a4940 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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