#2A2822#2A2822

#2A2822 is a dark, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.011 H 91.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A2822
RGB	rgb(42, 40, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 11%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(45, 19%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 19%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.13, -0.41, 4.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.13, 4.30, 95.42°)
OKLab	oklab(27.69% -0.0003 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(27.69% 0.011 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.0023, 2.1253, 1.8178)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A2822 #22242A

analogous

#2A2422 #2A2822 #282A22

triadic

#2A2822 #222A28 #28222A

tetradic

#2A2822 #222A24 #22242A #2A2228

square

#2A2822 #222A24 #22242A #2A2228

split-complementary

#2A2822 #22282A #24222A

monochromatic

#11100E #11100E #2A2822 #4C483D #6E6859

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.74

#2A2822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#2A2822 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A2822

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A2822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A2822	1.00	14.74	1.43	14.74
#FFFFFF	14.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A2822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B2726

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a2822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 40, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.011 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63615c',
    500: '#2a2822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a2822;
$custom-light: #63615c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a2822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27686,
    "c": 0.0111,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A2822

secondary

#4E515A

accent

#84B374

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050504

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A2822

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

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