#42402A#42402A

#42402A is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.035 H 103.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42402A
RGB	rgb(66, 64, 42)
HSL	hsl(55, 22%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(55, 36%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 36.4%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.71, -3.25, 13.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.71, 14.18, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(36.71% -0.0083 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(36.71% 0.035 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.4981, 4.9923, 2.9167)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42402A #2A2C42

analogous

#42342A #42402A #38422A

triadic

#42402A #2A4240 #402A42

tetradic

#42402A #2A4234 #2A2C42 #422A38

square

#42402A #2A4234 #2A2C42 #422A38

split-complementary

#42402A #2A3842 #342A42

monochromatic

#13120C #1D1C12 #42402A #676442 #8D895A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#42402A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#42402A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42402A

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42402A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42402A	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45402B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453D3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42402a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 64, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.035 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#777463',
    500: '#42402a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42402a;
$custom-light: #777463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42402a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36707,
    "c": 0.03534,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42402A

secondary

#545773

accent

#70BF69

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EDEDEA

border

#C8C8C6

text

#080805

muted

#7B7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #42402A

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

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