#232117#232117

#232117 is a very dark, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.7% C 0.018 H 98.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232117
RGB	rgb(35, 33, 23)
HSL	hsl(50, 21%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(50, 34%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 34.3%, 86.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.65, -1.18, 7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.65, 7.23, 99.38°)
OKLab	oklab(24.66% -0.0026 0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(24.66% 0.018 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.3917, 1.5069, 1.0280)
Luminance	0.0151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232117 #171923

analogous

#231B17 #232117 #1F2317

triadic

#232117 #172321 #211723

tetradic

#232117 #17231B #171923 #23171F

square

#232117 #17231B #171923 #23171F

split-complementary

#232117 #171F23 #1B1723

monochromatic

#12110C #12110C #232117 #48442F #6D6748

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.14

#232117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#232117 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232117

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232117	1.00	16.14	1.30	16.14
#FFFFFF	16.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#242117

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25201E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 33, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.7% 0.018 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e5c53',
    500: '#232117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232117;
$custom-light: #5e5c53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 20.69,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24659,
    "c": 0.01823,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232117

secondary

#404456

accent

#78BD6B

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#E9E9E7

border

#C5C5C3

text

#040402

muted

#797978

Preview Lab

Preview with #232117

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

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