#212509#212509

#212509 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 25.3% C 0.045 H 116.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#212509
RGB	rgb(33, 37, 9)
HSL	hsl(69, 61%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(69, 76%, 15%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 75.7%, 85.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.63, -6.97, 16.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.63, 17.65, 113.28°)
OKLab	oklab(25.3% -0.0204 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(25.3% 0.046 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.3381, 1.6662, 0.5095)
Luminance	0.0167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

#0B4008

ΔE00 13.97

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#212509 #0D0925

analogous

#251B09 #212509 #132509

triadic

#212509 #092125 #250921

tetradic

#212509 #09251B #0D0925 #250913

square

#212509 #09251B #0D0925 #250913

split-complementary

#212509 #091325 #1B0925

monochromatic

#161906 #161906 #212509 #4D5615 #798721

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.75

#212509 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#212509 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #212509

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##212509	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##212509	1.00	15.75	1.33	15.75
#FFFFFF	15.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282306

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28230B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23231F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #212509;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 37, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.3% 0.045 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d5f4b',
    500: '#212509',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #212509;
$custom-light: #5d5f4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#212509",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 9.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.253,
    "c": 0.0455,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#212509

secondary

#302862

accent

#44E45B

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#E9E9E7

border

#C5C5C3

text

#040401

muted

#797977

Preview Lab

Preview with #212509

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

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