#2C281A#2C281A

#2C281A is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.025 H 94.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C281A
RGB	rgb(44, 40, 26)
HSL	hsl(47, 26%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(47, 41%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 40.9%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.14, -0.88, 9.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.14, 9.94, 95.08°)
OKLab	oklab(27.68% -0.0017 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(27.68% 0.025 94)
XYZ	xyz(1.9840, 2.1277, 1.2833)
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

#2C281A #1A1E2C

analogous

#2C1F1A #2C281A #272C1A

triadic

#2C281A #1A2C28 #281A2C

tetradic

#2C281A #1A2C1F #1A1E2C #2C1A27

square

#2C281A #1A2C1F #1A1E2C #2C1A27

split-complementary

#2C281A #1A272C #1F1A2C

monochromatic

#13110B #13110B #2C281A #524B31 #796E47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.73

#2C281A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#2C281A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C281A

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C281A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C281A	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)

#2B2719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C291A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2624

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c281a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 40, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.025 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#656156',
    500: '#2c281a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c281a;
$custom-light: #656156;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c281a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27681,
    "c": 0.02479,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.02128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C281A

secondary

#42495F

accent

#7AC266

background

#F6F5F5

surface

#EBE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050503

muted

#7A7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C281A

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

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