#282C20#282C20

#282C20 is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.022 H 122.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#282C20
RGB	rgb(40, 44, 32)
HSL	hsl(80, 16%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(80, 27%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 27.3%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.26, -4.48, 7.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.26, 8.50, 121.84°)
OKLab	oklab(28.51% -0.0118 0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(28.51% 0.022 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.0364, 2.3568, 1.7138)
Luminance	0.0236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#282C20 #24202C

analogous

#2C2A20 #282C20 #222C20

triadic

#282C20 #20282C #2C2028

tetradic

#282C20 #202C2A #24202C #2C2022

square

#282C20 #202C2A #24202C #2C2022

split-complementary

#282C20 #20222C #2A202C

monochromatic

#10120D #10120D #282C20 #484F3A #687354

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.27

#282C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#282C20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #282C20

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##282C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##282C20	1.00	14.27	1.47	14.27
#FFFFFF	14.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#292B29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #282c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 44, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.022 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62655b',
    500: '#282c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #282c20;
$custom-light: #62655b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#282c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2851,
    "c": 0.02187,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#282C20

secondary

#514B5D

accent

#6FB988

background

#F5F6F5

surface

#EAEBE9

border

#C6C6C5

text

#050504

muted

#797A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #282C20

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

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