#2A281E#2A281E

#2A281E is a dark, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.6% C 0.018 H 98.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A281E
RGB	rgb(42, 40, 30)
HSL	hsl(50, 17%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(50, 29%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 28.6%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.02, -1.19, 6.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.02, 7.03, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(27.56% -0.0025 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(27.56% 0.018 98)
XYZ	xyz(1.9480, 2.1036, 1.5315)
Luminance	0.0210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A281E #1E202A

analogous

#2A221E #2A281E #262A1E

triadic

#2A281E #1E2A28 #281E2A

tetradic

#2A281E #1E2A22 #1E202A #2A1E26

square

#2A281E #1E2A22 #1E202A #2A1E26

split-complementary

#2A281E #1E262A #221E2A

monochromatic

#12110D #12110D #2A281E #4E4A38 #716C51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.78

#2A281E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#2A281E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A281E

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A281E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A281E	1.00	14.78	1.42	14.78
#FFFFFF	14.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A271D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B281E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C2725

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a281e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 40, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.6% 0.018 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636159',
    500: '#2a281e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a281e;
$custom-light: #636159;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a281e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27563,
    "c": 0.01784,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.02104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A281E

secondary

#484C5B

accent

#7BB96E

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050503

muted

#797978

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A281E

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

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