#231E09#231E09

#231E09 is a very dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.5% C 0.035 H 96.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#231E09
RGB	rgb(35, 30, 9)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 74.3%, 86.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.31, -1.09, 13.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.31, 13.16, 94.75°)
OKLab	oklab(23.51% -0.0038 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(23.51% 0.035 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.2068, 1.3056, 0.4468)
Luminance	0.0131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#231E09 #090E23

analogous

#231109 #231E09 #1B2309

triadic

#231E09 #09231E #1E0923

tetradic

#231E09 #092311 #090E23 #23091B

square

#231E09 #092311 #090E23 #23091B

split-complementary

#231E09 #091B23 #110923

monochromatic

#181506 #181506 #231E09 #544816 #847122

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.65

#231E09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#231E09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #231E09

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##231E09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##231E09	1.00	16.65	1.26	16.65
#FFFFFF	16.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#221D07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#231F0A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261B19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #231e09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 30, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.5% 0.035 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e594a',
    500: '#231e09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #231e09;
$custom-light: #5e594a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#231e09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 8.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23511,
    "c": 0.03537,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#231E09

secondary

#283360

accent

#64E246

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#E9E9E7

border

#C5C5C3

text

#040301

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #231E09

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

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