#42442C#42442C

#42442C is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.038 H 112.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42442C
RGB	rgb(66, 68, 44)
HSL	hsl(65, 21%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(65, 35%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 35.3%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.05, -5.44, 14.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.05, 15.30, 110.84°)
OKLab	oklab(37.78% -0.0145 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(37.78% 0.038 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.7685, 5.4744, 3.1878)
Luminance	0.0547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42442C #2E2C44

analogous

#443A2C #42442C #36442C

triadic

#42442C #2C4244 #442C42

tetradic

#42442C #2C443A #2E2C44 #442C36

square

#42442C #2C443A #2E2C44 #442C36

split-complementary

#42442C #2C3644 #3A2C44

monochromatic

#12130C #1E1F14 #42442C #666944 #8A8E5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.02

#42442C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#42442C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42442C

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42442C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42442C	1.00	10.02	2.09	10.02
#FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48422A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48432D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45413E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42442c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 68, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.038 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#767765',
    500: '#42442c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42442c;
$custom-light: #767765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42442c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37778,
    "c": 0.03842,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42442C

secondary

#595775

accent

#6ABE71

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EDEDEB

border

#C8C8C6

text

#080805

muted

#7B7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42442C

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

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