#42491b

Color #42491b

A moderately saturated very dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 15.88 Nearest Tailwind class lime-900 #35530e · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#42491b

RGB

rgb(66, 73, 27)

HSL

hsl(69.1, 46%, 19.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(69.1, 63%, 28.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 63%, 71.4%)

LAB

lab(29.42, -10.61, 26.06)

LCH

lch(29.42, 28.14, 112.15)

OKLCH

oklch(38.8%, 0.0679, 116.87)

HWB

hwb(69.1, 10.6%, 71.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#221b49

Analogous

#49391b

#42491b

#2b491b

Triadic

#42491b

#1b4249

#491b42

Split-complementary

#42491b

#1b2b49

#391b49

Tetradic

#42491b

#1b4922

#221b49

#491b42

Square

#42491b

#1b4939

#221b49

#491b2b

Shades

Color #42491b mixed toward black.

#373d16

#2c3112

#21240d

#161809

#0b0c04

Tints

Color #42491b mixed toward white.

#6f7b2d

#9cad40

#b9c869

#d1da9b

#e8edcd

Tones

Color #42491b mixed toward gray.

#3f451f

#3d4123

#3a3d26

#373a2a

#35362e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.2:1

White text reads better on this background (9.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#45452b · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#45442e · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#423536 · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#454545 · ΔE 18

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Code

CSS

background-color: #42491b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#42491b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#42491b (#42491b) is rgb(66, 73, 27) in RGB.

No, #42491b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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