#40422A#40422A

#40422A is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.039 H 112.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40422A
RGB	rgb(64, 66, 42)
HSL	hsl(65, 22%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(65, 36%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 36.4%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.17, -5.45, 14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.17, 15.37, 110.77°)
OKLab	oklab(37.02% -0.0145 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(37.02% 0.039 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.4805, 5.1536, 2.9488)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40422A #2C2A42

analogous

#42382A #40422A #34422A

triadic

#40422A #2A4042 #422A40

tetradic

#40422A #2A4238 #2C2A42 #422A34

square

#40422A #2A4238 #2C2A42 #422A34

split-complementary

#40422A #2A3442 #382A42

monochromatic

#12130C #1C1D12 #40422A #646742 #898D5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.34

#40422A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#40422A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40422A

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40422A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40422A	1.00	10.34	2.03	10.34
#FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46412B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40422a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 66, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.039 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757663',
    500: '#40422a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40422a;
$custom-light: #757663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40422a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37022,
    "c": 0.03853,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40422A

secondary

#575473

accent

#69BF70

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EDEDEA

border

#C8C8C6

text

#080805

muted

#7B7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #40422A

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

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