#28281E#28281E

#28281E is a dark, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.018 H 107.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#28281E
RGB	rgb(40, 40, 30)
HSL	hsl(60, 14%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(60, 25%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 25%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.81, -2.18, 6.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.81, 6.96, 108.28°)
OKLab	oklab(27.35% -0.0053 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(27.35% 0.018 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.8682, 2.0625, 1.5277)
Luminance	0.0206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#28281E #1E1E28

analogous

#28231E #28281E #23281E

triadic

#28281E #1E2828 #281E28

tetradic

#28281E #1E2823 #1E1E28 #281E23

square

#28281E #1E2823 #1E1E28 #281E23

split-complementary

#28281E #1E2328 #231E28

monochromatic

#11110D #11110D #28281E #4B4B38 #6E6E52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.87

#28281E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#28281E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #28281E

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##28281E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##28281E	1.00	14.87	1.41	14.87
#FFFFFF	14.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A271D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A281E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2725

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #28281e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 40, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.018 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626159',
    500: '#28281e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #28281e;
$custom-light: #626159;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#28281e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27346,
    "c": 0.0177,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#28281E

secondary

#494959

accent

#71B771

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050503

muted

#797978

Preview Lab

Preview with #28281E

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

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