#242818#242818

#242818 is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.029 H 119.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242818
RGB	rgb(36, 40, 24)
HSL	hsl(75, 25%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(75, 40%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 40%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.27, -5.28, 9.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.27, 11.28, 117.92°)
OKLab	oklab(26.77% -0.0142 0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(26.77% 0.029 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.6512, 1.9586, 1.1550)
Luminance	0.0196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242818 #1C1828

analogous

#282418 #242818 #1C2818

triadic

#242818 #182428 #281824

tetradic

#242818 #182824 #1C1828 #28181C

square

#242818 #182824 #1C1828 #28181C

split-complementary

#242818 #181C28 #241828

monochromatic

#11130B #11130B #242818 #464E2F #697446

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.09

#242818 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#242818 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242818

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242818	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242818	1.00	15.09	1.39	15.09
#FFFFFF	15.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#292619

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#252624

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242818;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 40, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.029 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f6154',
    500: '#242818',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242818;
$custom-light: #5f6154;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242818",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26769,
    "c": 0.02863,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242818

secondary

#47405C

accent

#66C17D

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#E9E9E7

border

#C5C5C3

text

#040502

muted

#797978

Preview Lab

Preview with #242818

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

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