#42423d

Color #42423d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 11.23 Nearest Tailwind class stone-700 #44403b · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#42423d

RGB

rgb(66, 66, 61)

HSL

hsl(60, 3.9%, 24.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 7.6%, 25.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 7.6%, 74.1%)

LAB

lab(27.82, -1.08, 3.04)

LCH

lch(27.82, 3.23, 109.56)

OKLCH

oklch(37.7%, 0.0084, 106.7)

HWB

hwb(60, 23.9%, 74.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3d3d42

Analogous

#423f3d

#42423d

#3f423d

Triadic

#42423d

#3d4242

#423d42

Split-complementary

#42423d

#3d3f42

#3f3d42

Tetradic

#42423d

#3d423d

#3d3d42

#423d42

Square

#42423d

#3d423f

#3d3d42

#423d3f

Shades

Color #42423d mixed toward black.

#373733

#2c2c29

#21211f

#161614

#0b0b0a

Tints

Color #42423d mixed toward white.

#63635c

#84847a

#a3a39c

#c2c2bd

#e0e0de

Tones

Color #42423d mixed toward gray.

#42423d

#41413e

#40403f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.08:1

White text reads better on this background (10.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#42423e · ΔE 0.6

Deuteranopia

#42423f · ΔE 1.2

Tritanopia

#423f3f · ΔE 4.3

Achromatopsia

#424242 · ΔE 3.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #42423d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#42423d]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#42423d (#42423d) is rgb(66, 66, 61) in RGB.

No, #42423d 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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