#242218#242218

#242218 is a dark, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 25.1% C 0.018 H 98.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242218
RGB	rgb(36, 34, 24)
HSL	hsl(50, 20%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(50, 33%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 33.3%, 85.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.14, -1.18, 7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.14, 7.20, 99.44°)
OKLab	oklab(25.08% -0.0026 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(25.08% 0.018 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.4645, 1.5851, 1.0928)
Luminance	0.0158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242218 #181A24

analogous

#241C18 #242218 #202418

triadic

#242218 #182422 #221824

tetradic

#242218 #18241C #181A24 #241820

square

#242218 #18241C #181A24 #241820

split-complementary

#242218 #182024 #1C1824

monochromatic

#12110C #12110C #242218 #494530 #6D6749

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.95

#242218 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#242218 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242218

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242218	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242218	1.00	15.95	1.32	15.95
#FFFFFF	15.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#252218

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26211F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242218;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 34, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.1% 0.018 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e5c54',
    500: '#242218',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242218;
$custom-light: #5e5c54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242218",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 11.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25079,
    "c": 0.01817,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242218

secondary

#414557

accent

#79BD6B

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#E9E9E7

border

#C5C5C3

text

#040402

muted

#797978

Preview Lab

Preview with #242218

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

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