#282811#282811

#282811 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.038 H 108.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282811
RGB	rgb(40, 40, 17)
HSL	hsl(60, 40%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.54, -4.28, 14.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.54, 15.56, 105.95°)
OKLab	oklab(27.04% -0.0122 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(27.04% 0.038 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.7351, 2.0092, 0.8266)
Luminance	0.0201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282811 #111128

analogous

#281C11 #282811 #1C2811

triadic

#282811 #112828 #281128

tetradic

#282811 #11281C #111128 #28111C

square

#282811 #11281C #111128 #28111C

split-complementary

#282811 #111C28 #1C1128

monochromatic

#151509 #151509 #282811 #535323 #7E7E36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.98

#282811 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#282811 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282811

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282811	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282811	1.00	14.98	1.40	14.98
#FFFFFF	14.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B260F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2712

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B2523

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282811;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 40, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.038 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62614f',
    500: '#282811',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282811;
$custom-light: #62614f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282811",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 11.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27037,
    "c": 0.03802,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282811

secondary

#35355F

accent

#58D058

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050502

muted

#797978

Preview Lab

Preview with #282811

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

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