#40501A#40501A

#40501A is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.080 H 123.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40501A
RGB	rgb(64, 80, 26)
HSL	hsl(78, 51%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(78, 68%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 0%, 67.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.58, -15.66, 28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.58, 32.91, 118.41°)
OKLab	oklab(40.48% -0.0448 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(40.48% 0.08 123.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.1695, 6.9019, 2.0369)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40501A #2A1A50

analogous

#50451A #40501A #25501A

triadic

#40501A #1A4050 #501A40

tetradic

#40501A #1A5045 #2A1A50 #501A25

square

#40501A #1A5045 #2A1A50 #501A25

split-complementary

#40501A #1A2550 #451A50

monochromatic

#121708 #1B220B #40501A #657E29 #8AAC38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#40501A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#40501A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40501A

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40501A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40501A	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40501a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 80, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.080 123.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#768159',
    500: '#40501a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40501a;
$custom-light: #768159;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40501a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.778,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40482,
    "c": 0.0803,
    "h": 123.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40501A

secondary

#554086

accent

#4DDA77

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EDEEE9

border

#C8C9C5

text

#090A04

muted

#7B7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #40501A

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

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