#42422D#42422D

#42422D is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.034 H 107.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42422D
RGB	rgb(66, 66, 45)
HSL	hsl(60, 19%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(60, 32%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 31.8%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.42, -4.04, 12.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.42, 13.45, 107.48°)
OKLab	oklab(37.29% -0.0104 0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(37.29% 0.034 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.6686, 5.2442, 3.2484)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42422D #2D2D42

analogous

#42382D #42422D #38422D

triadic

#42422D #2D4242 #422D42

tetradic

#42422D #2D4238 #2D2D42 #422D38

square

#42422D #2D4238 #2D2D42 #422D38

split-complementary

#42422D #2D3842 #382D42

monochromatic

#12120C #1E1E14 #42422D #666646 #8B8B5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#42422D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#42422D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42422D

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42422D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42422D	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45402C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46412E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42422d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 66, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.034 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#767666',
    500: '#42422d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42422d;
$custom-light: #767666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42422d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 18.919,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37288,
    "c": 0.03379,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42422D

secondary

#585873

accent

#6CBC6C

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EDEDEB

border

#C8C8C6

text

#080805

muted

#7B7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42422D

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

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