#282409#282409

#282409 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 25.8% C 0.043 H 100.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282409
RGB	rgb(40, 36, 9)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 77.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.02, -2.44, 16.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.02, 17.04, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(25.79% -0.0081 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(25.79% 0.043 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.5553, 1.7327, 0.5109)
Luminance	0.0173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282409 #090D28

analogous

#281509 #282409 #1D2809

triadic

#282409 #092824 #240928

tetradic

#282409 #092815 #090D28 #28091D

square

#282409 #092815 #090D28 #28091D

split-complementary

#282409 #091D28 #150928

monochromatic

#191606 #191606 #282409 #5A5114 #8C7E1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.59

#282409 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#282409 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282409

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282409	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282409	1.00	15.59	1.35	15.59
#FFFFFF	15.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282306

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29240A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C211E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282409;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 36, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.8% 0.043 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635e4b',
    500: '#282409',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282409;
$custom-light: #635e4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282409",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25793,
    "c": 0.04262,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282409

secondary

#272F66

accent

#57E641

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050401

muted

#797977

Preview Lab

Preview with #282409

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

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