#181709#181709

#181709 is a very dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.1% C 0.025 H 104.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#181709
RGB	rgb(24, 23, 9)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 6%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 9%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 62.5%, 90.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.47, -2.19, 7.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.47, 7.76, 106.35°)
OKLab	oklab(20.14% -0.0065 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(20.14% 0.025 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(0.7324, 0.8267, 0.3794)
Luminance	0.0083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#181709 #090A18

analogous

#181009 #181709 #121809

triadic

#181709 #091817 #170918

tetradic

#181709 #091810 #090A18 #180912

square

#181709 #091810 #090A18 #180912

split-complementary

#181709 #091218 #100918

monochromatic

#161508 #161508 #181709 #45421A #716C2A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.02

#181709 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#181709 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #181709

18.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##181709	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##181709	1.00	18.02	1.17	18.02
#FFFFFF	18.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#191608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A170A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A1514

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #181709;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 23, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.1% 0.025 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#54534b',
    500: '#181709',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #181709;
$custom-light: #54534b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#181709",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 6.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20139,
    "c": 0.02535,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#181709

secondary

#2B2D52

accent

#5BD553

background

#F4F4F4

surface

#E7E7E7

border

#C3C3C3

text

#020201

muted

#787877

Preview Lab

Preview with #181709

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

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