#2A271E#2A271E

#2A271E is a dark, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.017 H 91.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A271E
RGB	rgb(42, 39, 30)
HSL	hsl(45, 17%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(45, 29%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 28.6%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.68, -0.51, 6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.68, 6.48, 94.49°)
OKLab	oklab(27.29% -0.0005 0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(27.29% 0.017 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.9147, 2.0371, 1.5204)
Luminance	0.0204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A271E #1E212A

analogous

#2A211E #2A271E #272A1E

triadic

#2A271E #1E2A27 #271E2A

tetradic

#2A271E #1E2A21 #1E212A #2A1E27

square

#2A271E #1E2A21 #1E212A #2A1E27

split-complementary

#2A271E #1E272A #211E2A

monochromatic

#12110D #12110D #2A271E #4E4838 #716951

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.92

#2A271E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#2A271E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A271E

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A271E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A271E	1.00	14.92	1.41	14.92
#FFFFFF	14.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29271D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A271E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C2625

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a271e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 39, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.017 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636159',
    500: '#2a271e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a271e;
$custom-light: #636159;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a271e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27294,
    "c": 0.01652,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A271E

secondary

#484D5B

accent

#81B96E

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050503

muted

#797978

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A271E

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

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