#40550E#40550E

#40550E is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.097 H 125.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40550E
RGB	rgb(64, 85, 14)
HSL	hsl(78, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(78, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 0%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.18, -19.25, 35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.18, 40.65, 118.26°)
OKLab	oklab(41.74% -0.0559 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(41.74% 0.097 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4422, 7.6186, 1.5992)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40550E #230E55

analogous

#55470E #40550E #1D550E

triadic

#40550E #0E4055 #550E40

tetradic

#40550E #0E5547 #230E55 #550E1D

square

#40550E #0E5547 #230E55 #550E1D

split-complementary

#40550E #0E1D55 #470E55

monochromatic

#141A04 #182005 #40550E #688A17 #8FBE1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#40550E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#40550E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40550E

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40550E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40550E	1.00	8.32	2.52	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A4F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574E15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#435048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40550e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 85, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.097 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#788553',
    500: '#40550e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40550e;
$custom-light: #788553;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40550e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.746,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4174,
    "c": 0.09679,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40550E

secondary

#4C308F

accent

#39EE6F

background

#F7F8F4

surface

#EDEFE8

border

#C8CAC4

text

#090B03

muted

#7B7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #40550E

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

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