#2B281E#2B281E

#2B281E is a dark, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.018 H 93.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B281E
RGB	rgb(43, 40, 30)
HSL	hsl(46, 18%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(46, 30%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 30.2%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.13, -0.70, 7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.13, 7.13, 95.61°)
OKLab	oklab(27.68% -0.001 0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(27.68% 0.018 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.9894, 2.1250, 1.5334)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B281E #1E212B

analogous

#2B221E #2B281E #282B1E

triadic

#2B281E #1E2B28 #281E2B

tetradic

#2B281E #1E2B22 #1E212B #2B1E28

square

#2B281E #1E2B22 #1E212B #2B1E28

split-complementary

#2B281E #1E282B #221E2B

monochromatic

#12110D #12110D #2B281E #4F4A37 #736B50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.74

#2B281E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#2B281E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B281E

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B281E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B281E	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)

#2A271D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B281E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D2625

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b281e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 40, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.018 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#646159',
    500: '#2b281e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b281e;
$custom-light: #646159;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b281e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 17.808,
    "l": 14.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27675,
    "c": 0.01811,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B281E

secondary

#484D5D

accent

#7FBA6D

background

#F6F5F5

surface

#EBE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050503

muted

#7A7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B281E

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

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