#242201#242201

#242201 is a very dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.051 H 106.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242201
RGB	rgb(36, 34, 1)
HSL	hsl(57, 95%, 7%)
HSV	hsv(57, 97%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 97.2%, 85.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.74, -4.16, 18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.74, 18.81, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(24.64% -0.0143 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(24.64% 0.051 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.3051, 1.5214, 0.2536)
Luminance	0.0152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242201 #010324

analogous

#241001 #242201 #152401

triadic

#242201 #012422 #220124

tetradic

#242201 #012410 #010324 #240115

square

#242201 #012410 #010324 #240115

split-complementary

#242201 #011524 #100124

monochromatic

#1E1C01 #1E1C01 #242201 #605A03 #9B9204

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.10

#242201 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#242201 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242201

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242201	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242201	1.00	16.10	1.30	16.10
#FFFFFF	16.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#272203

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#281F1B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242201;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 34, 1);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.051 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f5c47',
    500: '#242201',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242201;
$custom-light: #5f5c47;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242201",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 1
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 94.595,
    "l": 7.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24637,
    "c": 0.05112,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242201

secondary

#161B6B

accent

#35FF29

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#E9E9E6

border

#C5C5C2

text

#050400

muted

#797977

Preview Lab

Preview with #242201

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

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