#2C2816#2C2816

#2C2816 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.6% C 0.031 H 97.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C2816
RGB	rgb(44, 40, 22)
HSL	hsl(49, 33%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 50%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.06, -1.49, 12.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.06, 12.60, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(27.59% -0.0038 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(27.59% 0.031 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.9424, 2.1110, 1.0641)
Luminance	0.0211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C2816 #161A2C

analogous

#2C1D16 #2C2816 #252C16

triadic

#2C2816 #162C28 #28162C

tetradic

#2C2816 #162C1D #161A2C #2C1625

square

#2C2816 #162C1D #161A2C #2C1625

split-complementary

#2C2816 #16252C #1D162C

monochromatic

#14130A #14130A #2C2816 #554D2A #7E723F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.77

#2C2816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#2C2816 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C2816

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C2816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C2816	1.00	14.77	1.42	14.77
#FFFFFF	14.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2917

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2624

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c2816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 40, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.6% 0.031 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#656153',
    500: '#2c2816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c2816;
$custom-light: #656153;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c2816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27587,
    "c": 0.03086,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C2816

secondary

#3C4361

accent

#72C95E

background

#F6F5F4

surface

#EBE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#060502

muted

#7A7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C2816

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

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