#40422E#40422E

#40422E is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.033 H 112.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40422E
RGB	rgb(64, 66, 46)
HSL	hsl(66, 18%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(66, 30%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 30.3%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.25, -4.81, 11.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.25, 12.87, 111.93°)
OKLab	oklab(37.12% -0.0125 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(37.12% 0.033 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.5557, 5.1837, 3.3448)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40422E #302E42

analogous

#423A2E #40422E #36422E

triadic

#40422E #2E4042 #422E40

tetradic

#40422E #2E423A #302E42 #422E36

square

#40422E #2E423A #302E42 #422E36

split-complementary

#40422E #2E3642 #3A2E42

monochromatic

#11120D #1D1E15 #40422E #636647 #868A60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#40422E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#40422E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40422E

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40422E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40422E	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45402D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45412F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43403D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40422e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 66, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.033 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757666',
    500: '#40422e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40422e;
$custom-light: #757666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40422e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37116,
    "c": 0.03254,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40422E

secondary

#5C5973

accent

#6DBB75

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EDEDEB

border

#C8C8C6

text

#080806

muted

#7B7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #40422E

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

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