#40470F#40470F

#40470F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.077 H 116.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40470F
RGB	rgb(64, 71, 15)
HSL	hsl(68, 65%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(68, 79%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 0%, 78.9%, 72.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.46, -11.38, 30.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.46, 32.93, 110.22°)
OKLab	oklab(37.94% -0.0342 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(37.94% 0.077 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.4539, 5.6310, 1.3041)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40470F #160F47

analogous

#47320F #40470F #24470F

triadic

#40470F #0F4047 #470F40

tetradic

#40470F #0F4732 #160F47 #470F24

square

#40470F #0F4732 #160F47 #470F24

split-complementary

#40470F #0F2447 #320F47

monochromatic

#171905 #171905 #40470F #6E7A1A #9BAC24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#40470F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#40470F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40470F

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40470F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40470F	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)

#4C4306

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4313

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45433C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40470f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 71, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.077 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#777a52',
    500: '#40470f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40470f;
$custom-light: #777a52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40470f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37939,
    "c": 0.07688,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40470F

secondary

#3B3081

accent

#40E855

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EDEDE7

border

#C8C8C3

text

#090902

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #40470F

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

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