Information about #424531 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #424531 reads as a calm, restrained golden yellow and leans clearly toward the dark side. Expect to see shades like this in dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Scrub (#3D4031). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Butterfly Creek (#3C492F) and Mallard (#3A4531).
The recipe behind #424531 is rgb(66, 69, 49), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #424531: 9.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.1:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:73), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #424531 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#424531 color variations
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#424531 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#424531 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#424531 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#424531 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#424531 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #424531 color
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Nearest named colors to #424531
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#3D4031
#3C492F
#3A4531
#3D4035
#45402B
#454D32
#473F2D
#413E37
#48402C
#48412B
#454139
#493F2F
#424531 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#424531
- RGB66, 69, 49
- CMYK1, 0, 8, 73
- CSSrgb(66, 69, 49)
- HSL69°, 17%, 23%
- HSL Precise69°, 16.949%, 23.137%
- HSV69°, 29%, 27%
- HSB69°, 29%, 27%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.259
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.271
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.192
- GLSLvec3(0.259, 0.271, 0.192)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.259, 0.271, 0.192, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.259, 0.271, 0.192)
- Percentage of Red in RGB25.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB27.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB19.2%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID424531
- DECIMAL ID4343089
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
