#252000#252000

#252000 is a very dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.2% C 0.050 H 100.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252000
RGB	rgb(37, 32, 0)
HSL	hsl(52, 100%, 7%)
HSV	hsv(52, 100%, 15%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 100%, 85.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.13, -2.32, 17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.13, 18.09, 97.36°)
OKLab	oklab(24.17% -0.0095 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(24.17% 0.05 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.2795, 1.4264, 0.2079)
Luminance	0.0143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252000 #000525

analogous

#250E00 #252000 #182500

triadic

#252000 #002520 #200025

tetradic

#252000 #00250E #000525 #250018

square

#252000 #00250E #000525 #250018

split-complementary

#252000 #001825 #0E0025

monochromatic

#1F1A00 #1F1A00 #252000 #625500 #9F8A00

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.34

#252000 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#252000 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252000

16.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252000	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252000	1.00	16.34	1.29	16.34
#FFFFFF	16.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#241F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#262101

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#291D1A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252000;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 32, 0);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.2% 0.050 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#605b46',
    500: '#252000',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252000;
$custom-light: #605b46;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252000",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 0
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 7.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24174,
    "c": 0.05041,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252000

secondary

#13206D

accent

#46FF29

background

#F5F5F3

surface

#E9E9E5

border

#C5C5C1

text

#050400

muted

#797977

Preview Lab

Preview with #252000

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

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