#40340C#40340C

#40340C is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.058 H 91.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40340C
RGB	rgb(64, 52, 12)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 81.2%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.21, 0.21, 26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.21, 26.02, 89.53°)
OKLab	oklab(32.95% -0.0019 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(32.95% 0.058 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.4089, 3.5727, 0.8578)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40340C #0C1840

analogous

#401A0C #40340C #32400C

triadic

#40340C #0C4034 #340C40

tetradic

#40340C #0C401A #0C1840 #400C32

square

#40340C #0C401A #0C1840 #400C32

split-complementary

#40340C #0C3240 #1A0C40

monochromatic

#1A1505 #1A1505 #40340C #745E16 #A7881F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#40340C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#40340C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40340C

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40340C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40340C	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3307

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E370E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462F2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40340c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 52, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.058 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#776b4d',
    500: '#40340c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40340c;
$custom-light: #776b4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40340c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32947,
    "c": 0.05808,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40340C

secondary

#2C3E7C

accent

#65EB3D

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EDEBE7

border

#C8C6C3

text

#090601

muted

#7B7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #40340C

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

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