#424237

Color #424237

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 14.52 Nearest Tailwind class olive-700 #474739 · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#424237

RGB

rgb(66, 66, 55)

HSL

hsl(60, 9.1%, 23.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 16.7%, 25.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 16.7%, 74.1%)

LAB

lab(27.66, -2.28, 6.71)

LCH

lch(27.66, 7.09, 108.77)

OKLCH

oklch(37.6%, 0.0181, 107.34)

HWB

hwb(60, 21.6%, 74.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#373742

Analogous

#423c37

#424237

#3c4237

Triadic

#424237

#374242

#423742

Split-complementary

#424237

#373c42

#3c3742

Tetradic

#424237

#374237

#373742

#423742

Square

#424237

#37423c

#373742

#42373c

Shades

Color #424237 mixed toward black.

#37372e

#2c2c25

#21211b

#161612

#0b0b09

Tints

Color #424237 mixed toward white.

#656554

#898972

#a7a795

#c4c4b8

#e2e2dc

Tones

Color #424237 mixed toward gray.

#414138

#404039

#3f3f3a

#3e3e3b

#3d3d3c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.07:1

White text reads better on this background (10.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#42423a · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#42423b · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#423c3d · ΔE 9.4

Achromatopsia

#414141 · ΔE 6.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #424237;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#424237]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#424237 (#424237) is rgb(66, 66, 55) in RGB.

No, #424237 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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