#281E00#281E00

#281E00 is a very dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.0% C 0.049 H 90.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E00
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 0)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 8%)
HSV	hsv(45, 100%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 100%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.82, 0.85, 17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.82, 17.60, 87.25°)
OKLab	oklab(24.02% -0.0008 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(24.02% 0.049 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.3394, 1.3798, 0.1958)
Luminance	0.0138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E00 #000A28

analogous

#280A00 #281E00 #1E2800

triadic

#281E00 #00281E #1E0028

tetradic

#281E00 #00280A #000A28 #28001E

square

#281E00 #00280A #000A28 #28001E

split-complementary

#281E00 #001E28 #0A0028

monochromatic

#1F1700 #1F1700 #281E00 #654C00 #A27A00

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.46

#281E00 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#281E00 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E00

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E00	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E00	1.00	16.46	1.28	16.46
#FFFFFF	16.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#231E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#262001

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1A18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e00;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 0);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.0% 0.049 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635946',
    500: '#281e00',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e00;
$custom-light: #635946;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e00",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 0
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 7.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24018,
    "c": 0.0491,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E00

secondary

#142B70

accent

#5EFF29

background

#F6F5F3

surface

#EBE9E5

border

#C6C5C1

text

#050300

muted

#7A7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E00

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

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