#282A16#282A16

#282A16 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.034 H 113.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282A16
RGB	rgb(40, 42, 22)
HSL	hsl(66, 31%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(66, 48%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 47.6%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.33, -4.91, 12.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.33, 13.69, 111.01°)
OKLab	oklab(27.7% -0.0135 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(27.7% 0.034 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.8479, 2.1650, 1.0794)
Luminance	0.0216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282A16 #18162A

analogous

#2A2216 #282A16 #1E2A16

triadic

#282A16 #16282A #2A1628

tetradic

#282A16 #162A22 #18162A #2A161E

square

#282A16 #162A22 #18162A #2A161E

split-complementary

#282A16 #161E2A #22162A

monochromatic

#13140B #13140B #282A16 #4E522B #747A40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.65

#282A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#282A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282A16

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282A16	1.00	14.65	1.43	14.65
#FFFFFF	14.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2917

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2825

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 42, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.034 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626353',
    500: '#282a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282a16;
$custom-light: #626353;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27699,
    "c": 0.03403,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282A16

secondary

#403D5F

accent

#60C76B

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAEAE7

border

#C6C6C3

text

#050502

muted

#797978

Preview Lab

Preview with #282A16

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

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