#252209#252209

#252209 is a very dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 24.9% C 0.040 H 102.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252209
RGB	rgb(37, 34, 9)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 15%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 75.7%, 85.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.97, -2.75, 15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.97, 15.65, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(24.88% -0.0087 0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(24.88% 0.04 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.3843, 1.5571, 0.4860)
Luminance	0.0156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252209 #090C25

analogous

#251409 #252209 #1A2509

triadic

#252209 #092522 #220925

tetradic

#252209 #092514 #090C25 #25091A

square

#252209 #092514 #090C25 #25091A

split-complementary

#252209 #091A25 #140925

monochromatic

#191706 #191706 #252209 #564F15 #877C21

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.01

#252209 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#252209 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252209

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252209	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252209	1.00	16.01	1.31	16.01
#FFFFFF	16.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262107

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27220A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#281F1D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252209;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 34, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.9% 0.040 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#605c4b',
    500: '#252209',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252209;
$custom-light: #605c4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252209",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 9.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24877,
    "c": 0.04023,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252209

secondary

#282E62

accent

#55E444

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#E9E9E7

border

#C5C5C3

text

#050401

muted

#797977

Preview Lab

Preview with #252209

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

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