#42402C#42402C

#42402C is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.032 H 103.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42402C
RGB	rgb(66, 64, 44)
HSL	hsl(55, 20%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(55, 33%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 33.3%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.75, -2.94, 12.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.75, 12.92, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(36.75% -0.0073 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(36.75% 0.032 103)
XYZ	xyz(4.5348, 5.0070, 3.1099)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42402C #2C2E42

analogous

#42352C #42402C #39422C

triadic

#42402C #2C4240 #402C42

tetradic

#42402C #2C4235 #2C2E42 #422C39

square

#42402C #2C4235 #2C2E42 #422C39

split-complementary

#42402C #2C3942 #352C42

monochromatic

#12120C #1D1C14 #42402C #676444 #8B875D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#42402C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#42402C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42402C

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42402C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42402C	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44402D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453D3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42402c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 64, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.032 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#767465',
    500: '#42402c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42402c;
$custom-light: #767465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42402c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36754,
    "c": 0.03235,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.05007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42402C

secondary

#575973

accent

#73BD6B

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EDEDEB

border

#C8C8C6

text

#080805

muted

#7B7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42402C

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

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