#272B09#272B09

#272B09 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.052 H 115.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272B09
RGB	rgb(39, 43, 9)
HSL	hsl(67, 65%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(67, 79%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 79.1%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.40, -7.62, 19.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.40, 21.29, 110.98°)
OKLab	oklab(27.67% -0.0226 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(27.67% 0.052 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.7499, 2.1788, 0.5868)
Luminance	0.0218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272B09 #0D092B

analogous

#2B1E09 #272B09 #162B09

triadic

#272B09 #09272B #2B0927

tetradic

#272B09 #092B1E #0D092B #2B0916

square

#272B09 #092B1E #0D092B #2B0916

split-complementary

#272B09 #09162B #1E092B

monochromatic

#171905 #171905 #272B09 #555E14 #83901E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.63

#272B09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#272B09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272B09

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272B09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272B09	1.00	14.63	1.44	14.63
#FFFFFF	14.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2805

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E290B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2824

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272b09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 43, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.052 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62644b',
    500: '#272b09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272b09;
$custom-light: #62644b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272b09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 10.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27668,
    "c": 0.05238,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272B09

secondary

#2F2769

accent

#3FE853

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAEAE7

border

#C6C6C3

text

#050501

muted

#797977

Preview Lab

Preview with #272B09

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

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