#4e4f38

Color #4e4f38

A muted dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 18.37 Nearest Tailwind class olive-700 #474739 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4e4f38

RGB

rgb(78, 79, 56)

HSL

hsl(62.6, 17%, 26.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(62.6, 29.1%, 31%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 29.1%, 69%)

LAB

lab(32.91, -4.79, 13.5)

LCH

lch(32.91, 14.32, 109.54)

OKLCH

oklch(42%, 0.0362, 109.89)

HWB

hwb(62.6, 22%, 69%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#39384f

Analogous

#4f4538

#4e4f38

#434f38

Triadic

#4e4f38

#384e4f

#4f384e

Split-complementary

#4e4f38

#38434f

#45384f

Tetradic

#4e4f38

#384f39

#39384f

#4f384e

Square

#4e4f38

#384f45

#39384f

#4f3843

Shades

Color #4e4f38 mixed toward black.

#41422f

#343525

#27281c

#1a1a13

#0d0d09

Tints

Color #4e4f38 mixed toward white.

#727452

#95976d

#b0b191

#cacbb6

#e5e5da

Tones

Color #4e4f38 mixed toward gray.

#4c4d3a

#4b4b3c

#49493e

#474740

#454542

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.5:1

White text reads better on this background (8.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4e3e · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#4e4e40 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#4e4344 · ΔE 16.7

Achromatopsia

#4d4d4d · ΔE 11.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e4f38;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e4f38]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#4e4f38 (#4e4f38) is rgb(78, 79, 56) in RGB.

No, #4e4f38 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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