#2A2A22#2A2A22

#2A2A22 is a dark, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.2% C 0.014 H 107.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A2A22
RGB	rgb(42, 42, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 11%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(60, 19%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 19%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.81, -1.78, 5.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.81, 5.54, 108.72°)
OKLab	oklab(28.23% -0.0042 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(28.23% 0.014 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.0715, 2.2637, 1.8409)
Luminance	0.0226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A2A22 #22222A

analogous

#2A2622 #2A2A22 #262A22

triadic

#2A2A22 #222A2A #2A222A

tetradic

#2A2A22 #222A26 #22222A #2A2226

square

#2A2A22 #222A26 #22222A #2A2226

split-complementary

#2A2A22 #22262A #26222A

monochromatic

#11110E #11110E #2A2A22 #4C4C3D #6E6E59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.45

#2A2A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#2A2A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A2A22

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A2A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A2A22	1.00	14.45	1.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	14.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B2928

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a2a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 42, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.2% 0.014 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63635d',
    500: '#2a2a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a2a22;
$custom-light: #63635d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a2a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28225,
    "c": 0.01416,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A2A22

secondary

#4E4E5A

accent

#74B374

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAEAE9

border

#C6C6C5

text

#050504

muted

#797979

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A2A22

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

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