#4A5040#4A5040

#4A5040 is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.027 H 124.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A5040
RGB	rgb(74, 80, 64)
HSL	hsl(83, 11%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(83, 20%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 20%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.06, -5.75, 8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.06, 10.38, 123.65°)
OKLab	oklab(42.08% -0.0151 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(42.08% 0.027 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6180, 7.5633, 5.9607)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A5040 #464050

analogous

#504E40 #4A5040 #425040

triadic

#4A5040 #404A50 #50404A

tetradic

#4A5040 #40504E #464050 #504042

square

#4A5040 #40504E #464050 #504042

split-complementary

#4A5040 #404250 #4E4050

monochromatic

#10110E #2B2E25 #4A5040 #69725B #899378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#4A5040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#4A5040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A5040

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A5040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A5040	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a5040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 80, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.027 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c8174',
    500: '#4a5040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a5040;
$custom-light: #7c8174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a5040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.5,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42083,
    "c": 0.02684,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A5040

secondary

#746D7F

accent

#74B48C

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#090A08

muted

#7B7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A5040

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

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