#2C281C#2C281C

#2C281C is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.022 H 91.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C281C
RGB	rgb(44, 40, 28)
HSL	hsl(45, 22%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(45, 36%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 36.4%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.19, -0.55, 8.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.19, 8.61, 93.65°)
OKLab	oklab(27.73% -0.0007 0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(27.73% 0.022 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.0071, 2.1369, 1.4051)
Luminance	0.0214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C281C #1C202C

analogous

#2C201C #2C281C #282C1C

triadic

#2C281C #1C2C28 #281C2C

tetradic

#2C281C #1C2C20 #1C202C #2C1C28

square

#2C281C #1C2C20 #1C202C #2C1C28

split-complementary

#2C281C #1C282C #201C2C

monochromatic

#13110C #13110C #2C281C #514A34 #776C4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.71

#2C281C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#2C281C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C281C

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C281C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C281C	1.00	14.71	1.43	14.71
#FFFFFF	14.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B271B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C291C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2625

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c281c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 40, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.022 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#656158',
    500: '#2c281c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c281c;
$custom-light: #656158;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c281c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27733,
    "c": 0.02166,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C281C

secondary

#454C5F

accent

#7EBF69

background

#F6F5F5

surface

#EBE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050503

muted

#7A7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C281C

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

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