#2A2A16#2A2A16

#2A2A16 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.034 H 108.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A2A16
RGB	rgb(42, 42, 22)
HSL	hsl(60, 31%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(60, 48%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 47.6%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.53, -3.88, 13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.53, 13.64, 106.51°)
OKLab	oklab(27.91% -0.0106 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(27.91% 0.034 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.9277, 2.2061, 1.0832)
Luminance	0.0221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A2A16 #16162A

analogous

#2A2016 #2A2A16 #202A16

triadic

#2A2A16 #162A2A #2A162A

tetradic

#2A2A16 #162A20 #16162A #2A1620

square

#2A2A16 #162A20 #16162A #2A1620

split-complementary

#2A2A16 #16202A #20162A

monochromatic

#14140B #14140B #2A2A16 #52522B #7A7A40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.57

#2A2A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#2A2A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A2A16

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A2A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A2A16	1.00	14.57	1.44	14.57
#FFFFFF	14.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D2917

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D2825

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a2a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 42, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.034 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#646353',
    500: '#2a2a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a2a16;
$custom-light: #646353;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a2a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27911,
    "c": 0.03365,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A2A16

secondary

#3D3D5F

accent

#60C760

background

#F6F5F4

surface

#EBEAE7

border

#C6C6C3

text

#050502

muted

#7A7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A2A16

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

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