#282A09#282A09

#282A09 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.5% C 0.051 H 112.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282A09
RGB	rgb(40, 42, 9)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(64, 79%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 78.6%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.14, -6.44, 19.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.14, 20.61, 108.21°)
OKLab	oklab(27.48% -0.0194 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(27.48% 0.051 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.7524, 2.1268, 0.5766)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

#0B4008

ΔE00 13.60

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282A09 #0B092A

analogous

#2A1B09 #282A09 #182A09

triadic

#282A09 #09282A #2A0928

tetradic

#282A09 #092A1B #0B092A #2A0918

square

#282A09 #092A1B #0B092A #2A0918

split-complementary

#282A09 #09182A #1B092A

monochromatic

#181905 #181905 #282A09 #585C14 #888F1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.73

#282A09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#282A09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282A09

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282A09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282A09	1.00	14.73	1.43	14.73
#FFFFFF	14.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2806

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E280B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B2723

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282a09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 42, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.5% 0.051 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63634b',
    500: '#282a09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282a09;
$custom-light: #63634b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282a09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.636,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 10
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27484,
    "c": 0.05056,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282A09

secondary

#2B2768

accent

#40E84A

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAEAE7

border

#C6C6C3

text

#050501

muted

#797977

Preview Lab

Preview with #282A09

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

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