#42422E#42422E

#42422E is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.032 H 107.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42422E
RGB	rgb(66, 66, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 18%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(60, 30%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 30.3%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.44, -3.88, 12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.44, 12.82, 107.60°)
OKLab	oklab(37.31% -0.0099 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(37.31% 0.032 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.6881, 5.2520, 3.3510)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42422E #2E2E42

analogous

#42382E #42422E #38422E

triadic

#42422E #2E4242 #422E42

tetradic

#42422E #2E4238 #2E2E42 #422E38

square

#42422E #2E4238 #2E2E42 #422E38

split-complementary

#42422E #2E3842 #382E42

monochromatic

#12120D #1E1E15 #42422E #666647 #8A8A60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.24

#42422E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#42422E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42422E

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42422E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42422E	1.00	10.24	2.05	10.24
#FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45402D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46412F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453F3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42422e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 66, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.032 107.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42422e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37312,
    "c": 0.03228,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42422E

secondary

#595973

accent

#6DBB6D

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EDEDEB

border

#C8C8C6

text

#080806

muted

#7B7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42422E

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

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