#161608#161608

#161608 is a very dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 19.6% C 0.026 H 108.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161608
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 8)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 6%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 9%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.6%, 91.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.88, -2.56, 6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.88, 7.43, 110.17°)
OKLab	oklab(19.58% -0.0082 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(19.58% 0.026 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(0.6616, 0.7619, 0.3419)
Luminance	0.0076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161608 #080816

analogous

#160F08 #161608 #0F1608

triadic

#161608 #081616 #160816

tetradic

#161608 #08160F #080816 #16080F

square

#161608 #08160F #080816 #16080F

split-complementary

#161608 #080F16 #0F0816

monochromatic

#161608 #161608 #161608 #434318 #707029

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.22

#161608 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#161608 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161608

18.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161608	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161608	1.00	18.22	1.15	18.22
#FFFFFF	18.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#181507

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#181509

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#181413

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161608;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 8);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.6% 0.026 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#52524a',
    500: '#161608',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161608;
$custom-light: #52524a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161608",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 8
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 5.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19576,
    "c": 0.02565,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161608

secondary

#292951

accent

#51D651

background

#F4F4F4

surface

#E7E7E7

border

#C3C3C3

text

#020201

muted

#787877

Preview Lab

Preview with #161608

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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