#242409#242409

#242409 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 25.3% C 0.043 H 109.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242409
RGB	rgb(36, 36, 9)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75%, 85.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.57, -4.67, 16.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.57, 16.85, 106.09°)
OKLab	oklab(25.33% -0.0141 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(25.33% 0.043 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.4078, 1.6566, 0.5040)
Luminance	0.0166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242409 #090924

analogous

#241709 #242409 #172409

triadic

#242409 #092424 #240924

tetradic

#242409 #092417 #090924 #240917

square

#242409 #092417 #090924 #240917

split-complementary

#242409 #091724 #170924

monochromatic

#181806 #181806 #242409 #555515 #868621

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.77

#242409 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#242409 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242409

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242409	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242409	1.00	15.77	1.33	15.77
#FFFFFF	15.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272206

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28230B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27211E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242409;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 36, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.3% 0.043 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f5e4b',
    500: '#242409',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242409;
$custom-light: #5f5e4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242409",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 8.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25331,
    "c": 0.04303,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242409

secondary

#282861

accent

#45E345

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#E9E9E7

border

#C5C5C3

text

#040401

muted

#797977

Preview Lab

Preview with #242409

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

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