#161808#161808

#161808 is a very dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.2% C 0.029 H 114.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161808
RGB	rgb(22, 24, 8)
HSL	hsl(68, 50%, 6%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 9%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 66.7%, 90.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.60, -4.03, 8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.60, 8.98, 116.68°)
OKLab	oklab(20.19% -0.0122 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(20.19% 0.029 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(0.7013, 0.8414, 0.3551)
Luminance	0.0084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161808 #0A0818

analogous

#181208 #161808 #0E1808

triadic

#161808 #081618 #180816

tetradic

#161808 #081812 #0A0818 #18080E

square

#161808 #081812 #0A0818 #18080E

split-complementary

#161808 #080E18 #120818

monochromatic

#151708 #151708 #161808 #404617 #6A7427

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.98

#161808 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#161808 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161808

17.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161808	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161808	1.00	17.98	1.17	17.98
#FFFFFF	17.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A1707

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A1709

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#181614

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161808;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 24, 8);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.2% 0.029 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#52544a',
    500: '#161808',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161808;
$custom-light: #52544a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161808",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 8
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 6.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20187,
    "c": 0.02914,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161808

secondary

#2E2854

accent

#4EDA60

background

#F4F4F4

surface

#E7E7E7

border

#C3C3C3

text

#020201

muted

#787877

Preview Lab

Preview with #161808

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

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