#42501E#42501E

#42501E is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.075 H 122.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42501E
RGB	rgb(66, 80, 30)
HSL	hsl(77, 45%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(77, 63%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 0%, 62.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.78, -14.34, 27.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.78, 30.69, 117.86°)
OKLab	oklab(40.7% -0.0409 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(40.7% 0.075 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.3498, 6.9893, 2.2953)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42501E #2C1E50

analogous

#50451E #42501E #29501E

triadic

#42501E #1E4250 #501E42

tetradic

#42501E #1E5045 #2C1E50 #501E29

square

#42501E #1E5045 #2C1E50 #501E29

split-complementary

#42501E #1E2950 #451E50

monochromatic

#121608 #1D230D #42501E #677D2F #8BA93F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#42501E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#42501E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42501E

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42501E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42501E	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534B21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42501e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 80, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.075 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78815c',
    500: '#42501e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42501e;
$custom-light: #78815c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42501e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.8,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40698,
    "c": 0.07531,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42501E

secondary

#574585

accent

#53D577

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EDEEE9

border

#C8C9C5

text

#090A04

muted

#7B7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #42501E

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

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