#282809#282809

#282809 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.048 H 109.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282809
RGB	rgb(40, 40, 9)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.43, -5.13, 18.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.43, 19.37, 105.36°)
OKLab	oklab(26.92% -0.0157 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(26.92% 0.048 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.6832, 1.9885, 0.5535)
Luminance	0.0199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282809 #090928

analogous

#281909 #282809 #192809

triadic

#282809 #092828 #280928

tetradic

#282809 #092819 #090928 #280919

square

#282809 #092819 #090928 #280919

split-complementary

#282809 #091928 #190928

monochromatic

#191906 #191906 #282809 #5A5A14 #8C8C1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.03

#282809 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#282809 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282809

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282809	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282809	1.00	15.03	1.40	15.03
#FFFFFF	15.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2606

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C270B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B2522

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282809;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 40, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.048 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63614b',
    500: '#282809',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282809;
$custom-light: #63614b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282809",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26915,
    "c": 0.04775,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282809

secondary

#272766

accent

#41E641

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050501

muted

#797977

Preview Lab

Preview with #282809

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

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