#272B00#272B00

#272B00 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.6% C 0.063 H 115.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B00
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 0)
HSL	hsl(66, 100%, 8%)
HSV	hsv(66, 100%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 100%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.30, -8.45, 23.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.30, 24.90, 109.84°)
OKLab	oklab(27.56% -0.0265 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(27.56% 0.063 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.7006, 2.1591, 0.3272)
Luminance	0.0216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

#0B4008

ΔE00 12.30

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B00 #04002B

analogous

#2B1900 #272B00 #112B00

triadic

#272B00 #00272B #2B0027

tetradic

#272B00 #002B19 #04002B #2B0011

square

#272B00 #002B19 #04002B #2B0011

split-complementary

#272B00 #00112B #19002B

monochromatic

#1C1F00 #1C1F00 #272B00 #5F6800 #96A500

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.67

#272B00 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#272B00 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B00

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B00	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B00	1.00	14.67	1.43	14.67
#FFFFFF	14.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2903

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2823

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b00;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 0);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.6% 0.063 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626447',
    500: '#272b00',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b00;
$custom-light: #626447;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b00",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 0
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.581,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 8.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27558,
    "c": 0.0625,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B00

secondary

#1D1473

accent

#29FF3D

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAEAE6

border

#C6C6C2

text

#050500

muted

#797977

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B00

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

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