#282A18#282A18

#282A18 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.031 H 113.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282A18
RGB	rgb(40, 42, 24)
HSL	hsl(67, 27%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(67, 43%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 42.9%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.37, -4.60, 11.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.37, 12.37, 111.81°)
OKLab	oklab(27.74% -0.0124 0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(27.74% 0.031 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.8679, 2.1730, 1.1850)
Luminance	0.0217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282A18 #1A182A

analogous

#2A2318 #282A18 #1F2A18

triadic

#282A18 #18282A #2A1828

tetradic

#282A18 #182A23 #1A182A #2A181F

square

#282A18 #182A23 #1A182A #2A181F

split-complementary

#282A18 #181F2A #23182A

monochromatic

#13130B #13130B #282A18 #4D512E #727845

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.64

#282A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#282A18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282A18

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282A18	1.00	14.64	1.43	14.64
#FFFFFF	14.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2919

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A2825

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 42, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.031 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626355',
    500: '#282a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282a18;
$custom-light: #626355;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27743,
    "c": 0.03098,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282A18

secondary

#43405E

accent

#64C46F

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAEAE7

border

#C6C6C3

text

#050503

muted

#797978

Preview Lab

Preview with #282A18

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

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