#272C09#272C09

#272C09 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.054 H 117.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272C09
RGB	rgb(39, 44, 9)
HSL	hsl(69, 66%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(69, 80%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 79.5%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.76, -8.26, 20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.76, 21.94, 112.11°)
OKLab	oklab(27.96% -0.0244 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(27.96% 0.054 117)
XYZ	xyz(1.7867, 2.2524, 0.5990)
Luminance	0.0225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272C09 #0E092C

analogous

#2C1F09 #272C09 #152C09

triadic

#272C09 #09272C #2C0927

tetradic

#272C09 #092C1F #0E092C #2C0915

square

#272C09 #092C1F #0E092C #2C0915

split-complementary

#272C09 #09152C #1F092C

monochromatic

#171905 #171905 #272C09 #545F13 #81921E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.48

#272C09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#272C09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272C09

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272C09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272C09	1.00	14.48	1.45	14.48
#FFFFFF	14.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302905

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2A0B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2925

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272c09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 44, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.054 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62654b',
    500: '#272c09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272c09;
$custom-light: #62654b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272c09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 10.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27957,
    "c": 0.05389,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.02252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272C09

secondary

#30276A

accent

#3FE957

background

#F5F6F4

surface

#EAEBE7

border

#C6C6C3

text

#050501

muted

#797A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #272C09

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

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