#4A4E42#4A4E42

#4A4E42 is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.020 H 122.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4E42
RGB	rgb(74, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(80, 8%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(80, 15%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 15.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.48, -4.15, 6.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.48, 7.76, 122.29°)
OKLab	oklab(41.64% -0.0107 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(41.64% 0.02 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5317, 7.2980, 6.2177)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4E42 #46424E

analogous

#4E4C42 #4A4E42 #444E42

triadic

#4A4E42 #424A4E #4E424A

tetradic

#4A4E42 #424E4C #46424E #4E4244

square

#4A4E42 #424E4C #46424E #4E4244

split-complementary

#4A4E42 #42444E #4C424E

monochromatic

#10110E #2B2D26 #4A4E42 #696F5E #898F7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#4A4E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#4A4E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4E42

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4E42	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.020 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7f76',
    500: '#4a4e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4e42;
$custom-light: #7c7f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41639,
    "c": 0.02008,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4E42

secondary

#746F7D

accent

#76B18A

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#090A08

muted

#7B7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4E42

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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