#42542E#42542E

#42542E is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.063 H 129.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42542E
RGB	rgb(66, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(88, 29%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(88, 45%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 0%, 45.2%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.34, -14.59, 19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.34, 24.72, 126.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.03% -0.0401 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(42.03% 0.063 129.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.9102, 7.6961, 3.7584)
Luminance	0.0770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42542E #402E54

analogous

#54532E #42542E #2F542E

triadic

#42542E #2E4254 #542E42

tetradic

#42542E #2E5453 #402E54 #542E2F

square

#42542E #2E5453 #402E54 #542E2F

split-complementary

#42542E #2E2F54 #532E54

monochromatic

#10140B #232C18 #42542E #617C44 #80A359

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#42542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#42542E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42542E

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42542E	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43514B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.063 129.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#778467',
    500: '#42542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42542e;
$custom-light: #778467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.421,
    "s": 29.231,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42027,
    "c": 0.06316,
    "h": 129.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42542E

secondary

#6E5886

accent

#62C591

background

#F7F8F6

surface

#EDEFEB

border

#C8CAC6

text

#090A06

muted

#7B7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42542E

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

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