#40500E#40500E

#40500E is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.090 H 122.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40500E
RGB	rgb(64, 80, 14)
HSL	hsl(75, 70%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(75, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 0%, 82.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.48, -16.55, 34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.48, 38.01, 115.81°)
OKLab	oklab(40.37% -0.0485 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(40.37% 0.09 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.0623, 6.8590, 1.4726)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40500E #1E0E50

analogous

#503F0E #40500E #1F500E

triadic

#40500E #0E4050 #500E40

tetradic

#40500E #0E503F #1E0E50 #500E1F

square

#40500E #0E503F #1E0E50 #500E1F

split-complementary

#40500E #0E1F50 #3F0E50

monochromatic

#151A05 #161C05 #40500E #6A8417 #93B820

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#40500E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#40500E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40500E

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40500E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40500E	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554A02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444B44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40500e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 80, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.090 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#778152',
    500: '#40500e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40500e;
$custom-light: #778152;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40500e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.545,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40371,
    "c": 0.08988,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40500E

secondary

#452F8B

accent

#3BED66

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EDEEE7

border

#C8C9C3

text

#090A02

muted

#7B7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #40500E

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

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