#242000#242000

#242000 is a very dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.1% C 0.051 H 102.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242000
RGB	rgb(36, 32, 0)
HSL	hsl(53, 100%, 7%)
HSV	hsv(53, 100%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 100%, 85.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.01, -2.91, 17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.01, 18.00, 99.29°)
OKLab	oklab(24.05% -0.0111 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(24.05% 0.051 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.2441, 1.4082, 0.2063)
Luminance	0.0141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242000 #000424

analogous

#240E00 #242000 #162400

triadic

#242000 #002420 #200024

tetradic

#242000 #00240E #000424 #240016

square

#242000 #00240E #000424 #240016

split-complementary

#242000 #001624 #0E0024

monochromatic

#1F1B00 #1F1B00 #242000 #615600 #9E8D00

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.39

#242000 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#242000 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242000

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242000	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242000	1.00	16.39	1.28	16.39
#FFFFFF	16.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#241F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#252001

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#281D1A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242000;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 32, 0);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.1% 0.051 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f5b46',
    500: '#242000',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242000;
$custom-light: #5f5b46;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242000",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 0
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 7.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2405,
    "c": 0.0505,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242000

secondary

#131D6D

accent

#41FF29

background

#F5F5F3

surface

#E9E9E5

border

#C5C5C1

text

#050400

muted

#797977

Preview Lab

Preview with #242000

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

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