#272A09#272A09

#272A09 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.4% C 0.051 H 114.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272A09
RGB	rgb(39, 42, 9)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 78.6%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.04, -6.98, 19.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.04, 20.65, 109.76°)
OKLab	oklab(27.38% -0.0208 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(27.38% 0.051 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.7140, 2.1070, 0.5748)
Luminance	0.0211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272A09 #0C092A

analogous

#2A1D09 #272A09 #162A09

triadic

#272A09 #09272A #2A0927

tetradic

#272A09 #092A1D #0C092A #2A0916

square

#272A09 #092A1D #0C092A #2A0916

split-complementary

#272A09 #09162A #1D092A

monochromatic

#171905 #171905 #272A09 #565C14 #858F1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.77

#272A09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#272A09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272A09

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272A09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272A09	1.00	14.77	1.42	14.77
#FFFFFF	14.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2806

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D280B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2723

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272a09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 42, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.4% 0.051 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62634b',
    500: '#272a09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272a09;
$custom-light: #62634b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272a09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 10
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27379,
    "c": 0.0509,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272A09

secondary

#2D2768

accent

#40E84F

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAEAE7

border

#C6C6C3

text

#050501

muted

#797977

Preview Lab

Preview with #272A09

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

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