#2A2811#2A2811

#2A2811 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.038 H 104.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A2811
RGB	rgb(42, 40, 17)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 59.5%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.75, -3.21, 15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.75, 15.61, 101.86°)
OKLab	oklab(27.26% -0.0093 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(27.26% 0.038 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.8149, 2.0503, 0.8304)
Luminance	0.0205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A2811 #11132A

analogous

#2A1C11 #2A2811 #202A11

triadic

#2A2811 #112A28 #28112A

tetradic

#2A2811 #112A1C #11132A #2A1120

square

#2A2811 #112A1C #11132A #2A1120

split-complementary

#2A2811 #11202A #1C112A

monochromatic

#161509 #161509 #2A2811 #565123 #817B34

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.89

#2A2811 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#2A2811 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A2811

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A2811	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A2811	1.00	14.89	1.41	14.89
#FFFFFF	14.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C270F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2812

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D2523

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a2811;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 40, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.038 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64614f',
    500: '#2a2811',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a2811;
$custom-light: #64614f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a2811",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 11.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27259,
    "c": 0.03781,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A2811

secondary

#353962

accent

#60D256

background

#F6F5F4

surface

#EBE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050502

muted

#7A7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A2811

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

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