#42490B#42490B

#42490B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.081 H 116.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42490B
RGB	rgb(66, 73, 11)
HSL	hsl(67, 74%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(67, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 84.9%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.28, -11.78, 33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.28, 35.37, 109.46°)
OKLab	oklab(38.63% -0.0358 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(38.63% 0.081 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.6898, 5.9476, 1.2175)
Luminance	0.0595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42490B #120B49

analogous

#49310B #42490B #23490B

triadic

#42490B #0B4249 #490B42

tetradic

#42490B #0B4931 #120B49 #490B23

square

#42490B #0B4931 #120B49 #490B23

split-complementary

#42490B #0B2349 #310B49

monochromatic

#181B04 #181B04 #42490B #727E13 #A2B31B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.59

#42490B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#42490B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42490B

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42490B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42490B	1.00	9.59	2.19	9.59
#FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4511

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47443D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42490b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 73, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.081 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#797b50',
    500: '#42490b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42490b;
$custom-light: #797b50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42490b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.774,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38631,
    "c": 0.08144,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42490B

secondary

#352A85

accent

#37F04C

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#090902

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #42490B

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

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