#40422C#40422C

#40422C is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.036 H 112.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40422C
RGB	rgb(64, 66, 44)
HSL	hsl(65, 20%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(65, 33%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 33.3%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.21, -5.13, 13.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.21, 14.12, 111.32°)
OKLab	oklab(37.07% -0.0135 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(37.07% 0.036 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.5172, 5.1683, 3.1420)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40422C #2E2C42

analogous

#42392C #40422C #35422C

triadic

#40422C #2C4042 #422C40

tetradic

#40422C #2C4239 #2E2C42 #422C35

square

#40422C #2C4239 #2E2C42 #422C35

split-complementary

#40422C #2C3542 #392C42

monochromatic

#12120C #1C1D14 #40422C #646744 #878B5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#40422C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#40422C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40422C

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40422C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40422C	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45402B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45412D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40422c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 66, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.036 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757665',
    500: '#40422c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40422c;
$custom-light: #757665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40422c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37067,
    "c": 0.03556,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40422C

secondary

#595773

accent

#6BBD73

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EDEDEB

border

#C8C8C6

text

#080805

muted

#7B7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #40422C

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

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