#272811#272811

#272811 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.038 H 110.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272811
RGB	rgb(39, 40, 17)
HSL	hsl(63, 40%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(63, 58%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 57.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.43, -4.81, 14.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.43, 15.57, 107.98°)
OKLab	oklab(26.93% -0.0136 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(26.93% 0.038 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.6967, 1.9894, 0.8248)
Luminance	0.0199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272811 #121128

analogous

#281D11 #272811 #1B2811

triadic

#272811 #112728 #281127

tetradic

#272811 #11281D #121128 #28111B

square

#272811 #11281D #121128 #28111B

split-complementary

#272811 #111B28 #1D1128

monochromatic

#151509 #151509 #272811 #515323 #7B7E36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.02

#272811 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#272811 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272811

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272811	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272811	1.00	15.02	1.40	15.02
#FFFFFF	15.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B260F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B2712

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2623

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272811;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 40, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.038 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62614f',
    500: '#272811',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272811;
$custom-light: #62614f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272811",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 11.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26929,
    "c": 0.03821,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272811

secondary

#37355F

accent

#58D05D

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050502

muted

#797978

Preview Lab

Preview with #272811

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

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