#282000#282000

#282000 is a very dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.050 H 95.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282000
RGB	rgb(40, 32, 0)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 8%)
HSV	hsv(48, 100%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 100%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.51, -0.55, 18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.51, 18.52, 91.71°)
OKLab	oklab(24.56% -0.0047 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(24.56% 0.05 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.3917, 1.4842, 0.2132)
Luminance	0.0148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282000 #000828

analogous

#280C00 #282000 #1C2800

triadic

#282000 #002820 #200028

tetradic

#282000 #00280C #000828 #28001C

square

#282000 #00280C #000828 #28001C

split-complementary

#282000 #001C28 #0C0028

monochromatic

#1F1800 #1F1800 #282000 #655100 #A28200

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.19

#282000 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#282000 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282000

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282000	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282000	1.00	16.19	1.30	16.19
#FFFFFF	16.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#251F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#272201

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1C1A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282000;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 32, 0);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.050 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635b46',
    500: '#282000',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282000;
$custom-light: #635b46;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282000",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 0
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 7.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24559,
    "c": 0.05046,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282000

secondary

#142670

accent

#54FF29

background

#F6F5F3

surface

#EBE9E5

border

#C6C5C1

text

#050400

muted

#7A7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #282000

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

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