#2B281F#2B281F

#2B281F is a dark, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.016 H 91.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B281F
RGB	rgb(43, 40, 31)
HSL	hsl(45, 16%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(45, 28%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 27.9%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.16, -0.51, 6.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.16, 6.46, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(27.7% -0.0005 0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(27.7% 0.016 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.0024, 2.1301, 1.6017)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B281F #1F222B

analogous

#2B221F #2B281F #282B1F

triadic

#2B281F #1F2B28 #281F2B

tetradic

#2B281F #1F2B22 #1F222B #2B1F28

square

#2B281F #1F2B22 #1F222B #2B1F28

split-complementary

#2B281F #1F282B #221F2B

monochromatic

#12110D #12110D #2B281F #4F4939 #726A52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.73

#2B281F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#2B281F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B281F

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B281F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B281F	1.00	14.73	1.43	14.73
#FFFFFF	14.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A281E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B281F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D2726

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b281f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 40, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.016 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64615a',
    500: '#2b281f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b281f;
$custom-light: #64615a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b281f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 16.216,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27704,
    "c": 0.01647,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B281F

secondary

#494E5C

accent

#81B96F

background

#F6F5F5

surface

#EBE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050503

muted

#7A7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B281F

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

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