#282C09#282C09

#282C09 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.053 H 115.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282C09
RGB	rgb(40, 44, 9)
HSL	hsl(67, 66%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(67, 80%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 79.5%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.86, -7.73, 20.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.86, 21.88, 110.68°)
OKLab	oklab(28.06% -0.023 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(28.06% 0.053 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.8251, 2.2722, 0.6008)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

#0B4008

ΔE00 12.51

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282C09 #0D092C

analogous

#2C1E09 #282C09 #162C09

triadic

#282C09 #09282C #2C0928

tetradic

#282C09 #092C1E #0D092C #2C0916

square

#282C09 #092C1E #0D092C #2C0916

split-complementary

#282C09 #09162C #1E092C

monochromatic

#171905 #171905 #282C09 #565F13 #84921E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.44

#282C09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#282C09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282C09

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282C09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282C09	1.00	14.44	1.45	14.44
#FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302905

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2A0B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B2925

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282c09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 44, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.053 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63654b',
    500: '#282c09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282c09;
$custom-light: #63654b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282c09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.857,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 10.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28058,
    "c": 0.05348,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282C09

secondary

#2F276A

accent

#3FE952

background

#F5F6F4

surface

#EAEBE7

border

#C6C6C3

text

#050501

muted

#797A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #282C09

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

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