#232116#232116

#232116 is a very dark, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.020 H 99.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232116
RGB	rgb(35, 33, 22)
HSL	hsl(51, 23%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 37.1%, 86.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.63, -1.36, 7.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.63, 7.93, 99.89°)
OKLab	oklab(24.63% -0.0031 0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(24.63% 0.02 99)
XYZ	xyz(1.3818, 1.5030, 0.9762)
Luminance	0.0150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232116 #161823

analogous

#231A16 #232116 #1E2316

triadic

#232116 #162321 #211623

tetradic

#232116 #16231A #161823 #23161E

square

#232116 #16231A #161823 #23161E

split-complementary

#232116 #161E23 #1A1623

monochromatic

#13120C #13120C #232116 #49442E #6E6845

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.15

#232116 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#232116 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232116

16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232116	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232116	1.00	16.15	1.30	16.15
#FFFFFF	16.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#242116

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#251F1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232116;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 33, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.020 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e5c53',
    500: '#232116',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232116;
$custom-light: #5e5c53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232116",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 11.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24631,
    "c": 0.0199,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.01503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232116

secondary

#3F4256

accent

#76BF68

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#E9E9E7

border

#C5C5C3

text

#040402

muted

#797978

Preview Lab

Preview with #232116

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

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