#282812#282812

#282812 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 27.1% C 0.037 H 108.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282812
RGB	rgb(40, 40, 18)
HSL	hsl(60, 38%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.55, -4.15, 14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.55, 14.97, 106.07°)
OKLab	oklab(27.06% -0.0117 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(27.06% 0.037 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.7431, 2.0124, 0.8688)
Luminance	0.0201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282812 #121228

analogous

#281D12 #282812 #1D2812

triadic

#282812 #122828 #281228

tetradic

#282812 #12281D #121228 #28121D

square

#282812 #12281D #121228 #28121D

split-complementary

#282812 #121D28 #1D1228

monochromatic

#151509 #151509 #282812 #525225 #7C7C38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.97

#282812 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#282812 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282812

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282812	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282812	1.00	14.97	1.40	14.97
#FFFFFF	14.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2713

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B2623

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282812;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 40, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.1% 0.037 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626150',
    500: '#282812',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282812;
$custom-light: #626150;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282812",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27056,
    "c": 0.03663,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282812

secondary

#37375F

accent

#5ACE5A

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050502

muted

#797978

Preview Lab

Preview with #282812

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

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