#2A281F#2A281F

#2A281F is a dark, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.6% C 0.016 H 96.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A281F
RGB	rgb(42, 40, 31)
HSL	hsl(49, 15%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(49, 26%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 26.2%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.05, -1.00, 6.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.05, 6.35, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(27.59% -0.0019 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(27.59% 0.016 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.9610, 2.1088, 1.5998)
Luminance	0.0211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A281F #1F212A

analogous

#2A231F #2A281F #272A1F

triadic

#2A281F #1F2A28 #281F2A

tetradic

#2A281F #1F2A23 #1F212A #2A1F27

square

#2A281F #1F2A23 #1F212A #2A1F27

split-complementary

#2A281F #1F272A #231F2A

monochromatic

#12110D #12110D #2A281F #4D4A39 #706B53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.77

#2A281F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#2A281F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A281F

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A281F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A281F	1.00	14.77	1.42	14.77
#FFFFFF	14.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A271E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A281F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C2726

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a281f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 40, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.6% 0.016 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63615a',
    500: '#2a281f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a281f;
$custom-light: #63615a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a281f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 15.068,
    "l": 14.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27593,
    "c": 0.01617,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A281F

secondary

#4A4D5B

accent

#7DB870

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050503

muted

#797978

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A281F

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

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