#40490A#40490A

#40490A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.083 H 117.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40490A
RGB	rgb(64, 73, 10)
HSL	hsl(69, 76%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(69, 86%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 86.3%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.10, -12.82, 33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.10, 35.85, 110.96°)
OKLab	oklab(38.44% -0.0387 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(38.44% 0.083 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.5518, 5.8770, 1.1817)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40490A #130A49

analogous

#49330A #40490A #21490A

triadic

#40490A #0A4049 #490A40

tetradic

#40490A #0A4933 #130A49 #490A21

square

#40490A #0A4933 #130A49 #490A21

split-complementary

#40490A #0A2149 #330A49

monochromatic

#181B04 #181B04 #40490A #6F7F11 #9EB519

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#40490A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#40490A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40490A

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40490A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40490A	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4510

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45443D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40490a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 73, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.083 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#777b50',
    500: '#40490a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40490a;
$custom-light: #777b50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40490a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 75.904,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38442,
    "c": 0.08287,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40490A

secondary

#362986

accent

#35F250

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EDEDE7

border

#C8C8C3

text

#090902

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #40490A

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

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