#2A2A20#2A2A20

#2A2A20 is a dark, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.2% C 0.018 H 107.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A2A20
RGB	rgb(42, 42, 32)
HSL	hsl(60, 14%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(60, 24%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 23.8%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.76, -2.18, 6.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.76, 6.91, 108.34°)
OKLab	oklab(28.16% -0.0053 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(28.16% 0.018 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.0435, 2.2525, 1.6933)
Luminance	0.0225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A2A20 #20202A

analogous

#2A2520 #2A2A20 #252A20

triadic

#2A2A20 #202A2A #2A202A

tetradic

#2A2A20 #202A25 #20202A #2A2025

square

#2A2A20 #202A25 #20202A #2A2025

split-complementary

#2A2A20 #20252A #25202A

monochromatic

#11110D #11110D #2A2A20 #4D4D3A #6F6F55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.48

#2A2A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#2A2A20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A2A20

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A2A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A2A20	1.00	14.48	1.45	14.48
#FFFFFF	14.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C291F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2A20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C2927

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a2a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 42, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.2% 0.018 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63635b',
    500: '#2a2a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a2a20;
$custom-light: #63635b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a2a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 13.514,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28164,
    "c": 0.01759,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A2A20

secondary

#4B4B5B

accent

#71B671

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAEAE9

border

#C6C6C5

text

#050504

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A2A20

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

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