#40420E#40420E

#40420E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.071 H 111.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40420E
RGB	rgb(64, 66, 14)
HSL	hsl(62, 65%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(62, 79%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 78.8%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.79, -8.47, 29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.79, 30.87, 105.93°)
OKLab	oklab(36.59% -0.0262 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(36.59% 0.071 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.1420, 5.0182, 1.1658)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40420E #100E42

analogous

#422A0E #40420E #26420E

triadic

#40420E #0E4042 #420E40

tetradic

#40420E #0E422A #100E42 #420E26

square

#40420E #0E422A #100E42 #420E26

split-complementary

#40420E #0E2642 #2A0E42

monochromatic

#181905 #181905 #40420E #717419 #A2A723

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#40420E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#40420E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40420E

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40420E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40420E	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#483F06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484012

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453D38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40420e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 66, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.071 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#777650',
    500: '#40420e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40420e;
$custom-light: #777650;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40420e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36594,
    "c": 0.07111,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40420E

secondary

#322F7D

accent

#40E846

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EDEDE7

border

#C8C8C3

text

#090802

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #40420E

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

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