#242516#242516

#242516 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 25.9% C 0.026 H 111.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242516
RGB	rgb(36, 37, 22)
HSL	hsl(64, 25%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(64, 41%, 15%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 40.5%, 85.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.15, -3.61, 9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.15, 10.51, 110.11°)
OKLab	oklab(25.87% -0.0096 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(25.87% 0.026 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.5339, 1.7562, 1.0171)
Luminance	0.0176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242516 #171625

analogous

#251F16 #242516 #1D2516

triadic

#242516 #162425 #251624

tetradic

#242516 #16251F #171625 #25161D

square

#242516 #16251F #171625 #25161D

split-complementary

#242516 #161D25 #1F1625

monochromatic

#13130B #13130B #242516 #494B2D #6F7244

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.54

#242516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#242516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242516

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242516	1.00	15.54	1.35	15.54
#FFFFFF	15.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#272417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#262321

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 37, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.9% 0.026 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f5f53',
    500: '#242516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242516;
$custom-light: #5f5f53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 25.424,
    "l": 11.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25865,
    "c": 0.02634,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242516

secondary

#403E59

accent

#66C26C

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#E9E9E7

border

#C5C5C3

text

#040402

muted

#797978

Preview Lab

Preview with #242516

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →