#2A2820#2A2820

#2A2820 is a dark, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.6% C 0.014 H 95.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A2820
RGB	rgb(42, 40, 32)
HSL	hsl(48, 14%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(48, 24%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 23.8%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.07, -0.81, 5.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.07, 5.67, 98.21°)
OKLab	oklab(27.62% -0.0014 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(27.62% 0.014 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.9743, 2.1141, 1.6703)
Luminance	0.0211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A2820 #20222A

analogous

#2A2320 #2A2820 #272A20

triadic

#2A2820 #202A28 #28202A

tetradic

#2A2820 #202A23 #20222A #2A2027

square

#2A2820 #202A23 #20222A #2A2027

split-complementary

#2A2820 #20272A #23202A

monochromatic

#11110D #11110D #2A2820 #4D493A #6F6A55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.76

#2A2820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#2A2820 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A2820

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A2820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A2820	1.00	14.76	1.42	14.76
#FFFFFF	14.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A2820

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C2726

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a2820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 40, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.6% 0.014 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63615b',
    500: '#2a2820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a2820;
$custom-light: #63615b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a2820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 13.514,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27623,
    "c": 0.01449,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A2820

secondary

#4B4E5B

accent

#7FB671

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050504

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A2820

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

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