#282820#282820

#282820 is a dark, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.4% C 0.014 H 107.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282820
RGB	rgb(40, 40, 32)
HSL	hsl(60, 11%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(60, 20%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 20%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.87, -1.78, 5.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.87, 5.58, 108.64°)
OKLab	oklab(27.41% -0.0042 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(27.41% 0.014 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.8946, 2.0730, 1.6665)
Luminance	0.0207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282820 #202028

analogous

#282420 #282820 #242820

triadic

#282820 #202828 #282028

tetradic

#282820 #202824 #202028 #282024

square

#282820 #202824 #202028 #282024

split-complementary

#282820 #202428 #242028

monochromatic

#11110E #11110E #282820 #4A4A3B #6C6C56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.85

#282820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#282820 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282820

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282820	1.00	14.85	1.41	14.85
#FFFFFF	14.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A2820

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#292726

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 40, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.4% 0.014 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#61615b',
    500: '#282820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282820;
$custom-light: #61615b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27407,
    "c": 0.01425,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282820

secondary

#4C4C58

accent

#74B474

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050504

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #282820

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

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