#42422B#42422B

#42422B is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.037 H 108.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42422B
RGB	rgb(66, 66, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 21%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(60, 35%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 34.8%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.38, -4.35, 14.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.38, 14.71, 107.22°)
OKLab	oklab(37.24% -0.0114 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(37.24% 0.037 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.6311, 5.2292, 3.0504)
Luminance	0.0523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42422B #2B2B42

analogous

#42372B #42422B #37422B

triadic

#42422B #2B4242 #422B42

tetradic

#42422B #2B4237 #2B2B42 #422B37

square

#42422B #2B4237 #2B2B42 #422B37

split-complementary

#42422B #2B3742 #372B42

monochromatic

#13130C #1D1D13 #42422B #676743 #8C8C5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#42422B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#42422B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42422B

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42422B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42422B	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46412C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42422b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 66, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.037 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#777664',
    500: '#42422b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42422b;
$custom-light: #777664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42422b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 21.101,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37241,
    "c": 0.03677,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42422B

secondary

#565673

accent

#6ABE6A

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EDEDEB

border

#C8C8C6

text

#080805

muted

#7B7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42422B

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

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