#40501E#40501E

#40501E is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.076 H 124.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40501E
RGB	rgb(64, 80, 30)
HSL	hsl(79, 45%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(79, 63%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 0%, 62.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.63, -15.26, 26.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.63, 30.94, 119.56°)
OKLab	oklab(40.53% -0.0433 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(40.53% 0.076 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.2174, 6.9210, 2.2891)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40501E #2E1E50

analogous

#50471E #40501E #27501E

triadic

#40501E #1E4050 #501E40

tetradic

#40501E #1E5047 #2E1E50 #501E27

square

#40501E #1E5047 #2E1E50 #501E27

split-complementary

#40501E #1E2750 #471E50

monochromatic

#121608 #1C230D #40501E #647D2F #87A93F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#40501E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#40501E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40501E

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40501E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40501E	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40501e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 80, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.076 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76815c',
    500: '#40501e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40501e;
$custom-light: #76815c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40501e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.2,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40532,
    "c": 0.07631,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40501E

secondary

#594585

accent

#53D57C

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EDEEE9

border

#C8C9C5

text

#090A04

muted

#7B7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #40501E

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

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