#282B09#282B09

#282B09 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.8% C 0.052 H 114.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282B09
RGB	rgb(40, 43, 9)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 79.1%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.50, -7.09, 20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.50, 21.24, 109.49°)
OKLab	oklab(27.77% -0.0212 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(27.77% 0.052 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.7883, 2.1986, 0.5886)
Luminance	0.0220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

#0B4008

ΔE00 13.04

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282B09 #0C092B

analogous

#2B1D09 #282B09 #172B09

triadic

#282B09 #09282B #2B0928

tetradic

#282B09 #092B1D #0C092B #2B0917

square

#282B09 #092B1D #0C092B #2B0917

split-complementary

#282B09 #09172B #1D092B

monochromatic

#181905 #181905 #282B09 #575E14 #86901E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.59

#282B09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#282B09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282B09

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282B09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282B09	1.00	14.59	1.44	14.59
#FFFFFF	14.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2905

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F290B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B2824

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282b09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 43, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.8% 0.052 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63644b',
    500: '#282b09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282b09;
$custom-light: #63644b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282b09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.294,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 10.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2777,
    "c": 0.05201,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282B09

secondary

#2D2769

accent

#3FE84E

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAEAE7

border

#C6C6C3

text

#050501

muted

#797977

Preview Lab

Preview with #282B09

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

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