#2A281A#2A281A

#2A281A is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.5% C 0.024 H 101.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A281A
RGB	rgb(42, 40, 26)
HSL	hsl(53, 24%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 38.1%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.92, -1.90, 9.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.92, 9.76, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(27.45% -0.0046 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(27.45% 0.024 101)
XYZ	xyz(1.9001, 2.0844, 1.2793)
Luminance	0.0208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A281A #1A1C2A

analogous

#2A201A #2A281A #242A1A

triadic

#2A281A #1A2A28 #281A2A

tetradic

#2A281A #1A2A20 #1A1C2A #2A1A24

square

#2A281A #1A2A20 #1A1C2A #2A1A24

split-complementary

#2A281A #1A242A #201A2A

monochromatic

#13120C #13120C #2A281A #504C31 #767049

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.82

#2A281A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#2A281A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A281A

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A281A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A281A	1.00	14.82	1.42	14.82
#FFFFFF	14.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B281B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C2624

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a281a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 40, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.5% 0.024 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636156',
    500: '#2a281a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a281a;
$custom-light: #636156;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a281a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27454,
    "c": 0.02441,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.02084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A281A

secondary

#43465D

accent

#73C068

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050503

muted

#797978

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A281A

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

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