#4e4f46

Color #4e4f46

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 12.51 Nearest Tailwind class olive-700 #474739 · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#4e4f46

RGB

rgb(78, 79, 70)

HSL

hsl(66.7, 6%, 29.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.7, 11.4%, 31%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 11.4%, 69%)

LAB

lab(33.25, -2.28, 5.18)

LCH

lch(33.25, 5.66, 113.76)

OKLCH

oklch(42.4%, 0.0146, 112.17)

HWB

hwb(66.7, 27.5%, 69%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#47464f

Analogous

#4f4b46

#4e4f46

#494f46

Triadic

#4e4f46

#464e4f

#4f464e

Split-complementary

#4e4f46

#46494f

#4b464f

Tetradic

#4e4f46

#464f47

#47464f

#4f464e

Square

#4e4f46

#464f4b

#47464f

#4f4649

Shades

Color #4e4f46 mixed toward black.

#41423a

#34352f

#272723

#1a1a17

#0d0d0c

Tints

Color #4e4f46 mixed toward white.

#6d6f62

#8c8e7f

#a9aa9f

#c6c6bf

#e2e3df

Tones

Color #4e4f46 mixed toward gray.

#4d4e47

#4d4d47

#4c4d48

#4c4c49

#4b4b4a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.53:1

White text reads better on this background (8.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4e48 · ΔE 1.8

Deuteranopia

#4e4e49 · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#4e4a4a · ΔE 7.1

Achromatopsia

#4e4e4e · ΔE 5.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e4f46;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e4f46]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#4e4f46 (#4e4f46) is rgb(78, 79, 70) in RGB.

No, #4e4f46 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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