#40520E#40520E

#40520E is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.093 H 123.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40520E
RGB	rgb(64, 82, 14)
HSL	hsl(76, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(76, 83%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 0%, 82.9%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.16, -17.64, 34.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.16, 39.06, 116.84°)
OKLab	oklab(40.92% -0.0515 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(40.92% 0.093 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.2110, 7.1562, 1.5221)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40520E #200E52

analogous

#52420E #40520E #1E520E

triadic

#40520E #0E4052 #520E40

tetradic

#40520E #0E5242 #200E52 #520E1E

square

#40520E #0E5242 #200E52 #520E1E

split-complementary

#40520E #0E1E52 #420E52

monochromatic

#141A04 #171E05 #40520E #698617 #92BB20

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#40520E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#40520E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40520E

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40520E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40520E	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574C01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554B15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40520e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 82, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.093 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#778253',
    500: '#40520e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40520e;
$custom-light: #778253;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40520e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.882,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40918,
    "c": 0.09264,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40520E

secondary

#482F8C

accent

#3AEE6A

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EDEEE7

border

#C8C9C3

text

#090A03

muted

#7B7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #40520E

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

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