#4C5040#4C5040

#4C5040 is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.026 H 118.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C5040
RGB	rgb(76, 80, 64)
HSL	hsl(75, 11%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(75, 20%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 20%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.23, -4.89, 8.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.23, 10.16, 118.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.26% -0.0126 0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(42.26% 0.026 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.7745, 7.6440, 5.9680)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C5040 #444050

analogous

#504C40 #4C5040 #445040

triadic

#4C5040 #404C50 #50404C

tetradic

#4C5040 #40504C #444050 #504044

square

#4C5040 #40504C #444050 #504044

split-complementary

#4C5040 #404450 #4C4050

monochromatic

#10110E #2C2E25 #4C5040 #6C725B #8C9378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#4C5040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#4C5040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C5040

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C5040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C5040	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c5040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 80, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.026 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e8174',
    500: '#4c5040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c5040;
$custom-light: #7e8174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c5040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42264,
    "c": 0.02612,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C5040

secondary

#716D7F

accent

#74B484

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#090A08

muted

#7B7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C5040

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

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