#282909#282909

#282909 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.049 H 111.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282909
RGB	rgb(40, 41, 9)
HSL	hsl(62, 64%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(62, 78%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 78%, 83.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.78, -5.79, 19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.78, 19.99, 106.84°)
OKLab	oklab(27.2% -0.0176 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(27.2% 0.049 111)
XYZ	xyz(1.7174, 2.0568, 0.5649)
Luminance	0.0206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

#0B4008

ΔE00 14.17

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282909 #0A0929

analogous

#291A09 #282909 #182909

triadic

#282909 #092829 #290928

tetradic

#282909 #09291A #0A0929 #290918

square

#282909 #09291A #0A0929 #290918

split-complementary

#282909 #091829 #1A0929

monochromatic

#181906 #181906 #282909 #595B14 #8A8D1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.88

#282909 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#282909 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282909

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282909	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282909	1.00	14.88	1.41	14.88
#FFFFFF	14.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2706

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D280B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B2622

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282909;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 41, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.049 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63624b',
    500: '#282909',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282909;
$custom-light: #63624b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282909",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27199,
    "c": 0.04914,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.02057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282909

secondary

#292767

accent

#41E746

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAEAE7

border

#C6C6C3

text

#050501

muted

#797977

Preview Lab

Preview with #282909

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

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