#40402E#40402E

#40402E is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.029 H 107.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40402E
RGB	rgb(64, 64, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 16%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(60, 28%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 28.1%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.60, -3.55, 11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.60, 11.61, 107.80°)
OKLab	oklab(36.6% -0.0089 0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(36.6% 0.029 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.4409, 4.9541, 3.3065)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40402E #2E2E40

analogous

#40372E #40402E #37402E

triadic

#40402E #2E4040 #402E40

tetradic

#40402E #2E4037 #2E2E40 #402E37

square

#40402E #2E4037 #2E2E40 #402E37

split-complementary

#40402E #2E3740 #372E40

monochromatic

#12120D #1C1C14 #40402E #646448 #878761

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#40402E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#40402E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40402E

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40402E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40402E	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#433F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40402e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 64, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.029 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757466',
    500: '#40402e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40402e;
$custom-light: #757466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40402e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 16.364,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36601,
    "c": 0.02933,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40402E

secondary

#595970

accent

#6FB96F

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EDEDEB

border

#C8C8C6

text

#080806

muted

#7B7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #40402E

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

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