#40470E#40470E

#40470E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.078 H 116.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40470E
RGB	rgb(64, 71, 14)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(67, 80%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 0%, 80.3%, 72.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.45, -11.44, 31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.45, 33.34, 110.07°)
OKLab	oklab(37.93% -0.0345 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(37.93% 0.078 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.4470, 5.6282, 1.2675)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40470E #150E47

analogous

#47320E #40470E #24470E

triadic

#40470E #0E4047 #470E40

tetradic

#40470E #0E4732 #150E47 #470E24

square

#40470E #0E4732 #150E47 #470E24

split-complementary

#40470E #0E2447 #320E47

monochromatic

#171A05 #171A05 #40470E #6E7A18 #9CAD22

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#40470E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#40470E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40470E

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40470E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40470E	1.00	9.88	2.13	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4305

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4313

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45423C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40470e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 71, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.078 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#777a51',
    500: '#40470e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40470e;
$custom-light: #777a51;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40470e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.368,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37931,
    "c": 0.07761,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40470E

secondary

#392F82

accent

#3EEA53

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EDEDE7

border

#C8C8C3

text

#090902

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #40470E

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

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