#282918#282918

#282918 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.5% C 0.029 H 111.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282918
RGB	rgb(40, 41, 24)
HSL	hsl(64, 26%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(64, 41%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 41.5%, 83.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.02, -3.93, 11.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.02, 11.71, 109.61°)
OKLab	oklab(27.46% -0.0105 0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(27.46% 0.029 111)
XYZ	xyz(1.8329, 2.1030, 1.1733)
Luminance	0.0210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282918 #191829

analogous

#292118 #282918 #1F2918

triadic

#282918 #182829 #291828

tetradic

#282918 #182921 #191829 #29181F

square

#282918 #182921 #191829 #29181F

split-complementary

#282918 #181F29 #211829

monochromatic

#13130B #13130B #282918 #4E502F #737645

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.78

#282918 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#282918 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282918

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282918	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282918	1.00	14.78	1.42	14.78
#FFFFFF	14.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2819

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2725

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282918;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 41, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.5% 0.029 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626255',
    500: '#282918',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282918;
$custom-light: #626255;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282918",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 26.154,
    "l": 12.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27464,
    "c": 0.02927,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.02103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282918

secondary

#42405D

accent

#65C36B

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAEAE7

border

#C6C6C3

text

#050503

muted

#797978

Preview Lab

Preview with #282918

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

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