#242A16#242A16

#242A16 is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.036 H 122.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#242A16
RGB	rgb(36, 42, 22)
HSL	hsl(78, 31%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(78, 48%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 47.6%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.95, -6.94, 12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.95, 14.04, 119.60°)
OKLab	oklab(27.3% -0.019 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(27.3% 0.036 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.7003, 2.0889, 1.0725)
Luminance	0.0209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#242A16 #1C162A

analogous

#2A2616 #242A16 #1A2A16

triadic

#242A16 #16242A #2A1624

tetradic

#242A16 #162A26 #1C162A #2A161A

square

#242A16 #162A26 #1C162A #2A161A

split-complementary

#242A16 #161A2A #26162A

monochromatic

#11140B #11140B #242A16 #46522B #697A40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.81

#242A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#242A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #242A16

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##242A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##242A16	1.00	14.81	1.42	14.81
#FFFFFF	14.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B2817

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#262825

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #242a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 42, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.036 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f6353',
    500: '#242a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #242a16;
$custom-light: #5f6353;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#242a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27297,
    "c": 0.03551,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#242A16

secondary

#473D5F

accent

#60C77F

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#E9EAE7

border

#C5C6C3

text

#040502

muted

#797978

Preview Lab

Preview with #242A16

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

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