#282A20#282A20

#282A20 is a dark, near-neutral yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.018 H 116.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282A20
RGB	rgb(40, 42, 32)
HSL	hsl(72, 14%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(72, 24%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 23.8%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.56, -3.14, 6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.56, 7.00, 116.69°)
OKLab	oklab(27.96% -0.0081 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(27.96% 0.018 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.9637, 2.2113, 1.6896)
Luminance	0.0221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282A20 #22202A

analogous

#2A2720 #282A20 #232A20

triadic

#282A20 #20282A #2A2028

tetradic

#282A20 #202A27 #22202A #2A2023

square

#282A20 #202A27 #22202A #2A2023

split-complementary

#282A20 #20232A #27202A

monochromatic

#11110D #11110D #282A20 #494D3A #6A6F55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.56

#282A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#282A20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282A20

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282A20	1.00	14.56	1.44	14.56
#FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B291F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B2920

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#292927

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 42, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.018 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62635b',
    500: '#282a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282a20;
$custom-light: #62635b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 13.514,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27956,
    "c": 0.01793,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282A20

secondary

#4E4B5B

accent

#71B67F

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAEAE9

border

#C6C6C5

text

#050504

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #282A20

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

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