#42420f

Color #42420f

A moderately saturated very dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 19.09 Nearest Tailwind class lime-900 #35530e · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#42420f

RGB

rgb(66, 66, 15)

HSL

hsl(60, 63%, 15.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 77.3%, 25.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 77.3%, 74.1%)

LAB

lab(26.99, -7.39, 29.5)

LCH

lch(26.99, 30.41, 104.06)

OKLCH

oklch(36.8%, 0.0698, 109.42)

HWB

hwb(60, 5.9%, 74.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0f0f42

Analogous

#42290f

#42420f

#29420f

Triadic

#42420f

#0f4242

#420f42

Split-complementary

#42420f

#0f2942

#290f42

Tetradic

#42420f

#0f420f

#0f0f42

#420f42

Square

#42420f

#0f4229

#0f0f42

#420f29

Shades

Color #42420f mixed toward black.

#37370d

#2c2c0a

#212108

#161605

#0b0b03

Tints

Color #42420f mixed toward white.

#7c7c1c

#b7b729

#d7d750

#e5e58a

#f2f2c5

Tones

Color #42420f mixed toward gray.

#3e3e13

#3a3a18

#35351c

#313120

#2d2d24

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.02:1

White text reads better on this background (10.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#424223 · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#424226 · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#422d2f · ΔE 26.9

Achromatopsia

#404040 · ΔE 18.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #42420f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#42420f]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#42420f (#42420f) is rgb(66, 66, 15) in RGB.

No, #42420f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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