#2A2816#2A2816

#2A2816 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.4% C 0.031 H 102.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A2816
RGB	rgb(42, 40, 22)
HSL	hsl(54, 31%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 47.6%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.84, -2.53, 12.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.84, 12.45, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(27.36% -0.0068 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(27.36% 0.031 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.8585, 2.0678, 1.0601)
Luminance	0.0207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A2816 #16182A

analogous

#2A1E16 #2A2816 #222A16

triadic

#2A2816 #162A28 #28162A

tetradic

#2A2816 #162A1E #16182A #2A1622

square

#2A2816 #162A1E #16182A #2A1622

split-complementary

#2A2816 #16222A #1E162A

monochromatic

#14130B #14130B #2A2816 #524E2B #7A7440

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.86

#2A2816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#2A2816 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A2816

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A2816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A2816	1.00	14.86	1.41	14.86
#FFFFFF	14.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2817

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D2623

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a2816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 40, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.4% 0.031 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#646153',
    500: '#2a2816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a2816;
$custom-light: #646153;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a2816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27359,
    "c": 0.03064,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A2816

secondary

#3D405F

accent

#6BC760

background

#F6F5F4

surface

#EBE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050502

muted

#7A7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A2816

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

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