#2E280B#2E280B

#2E280B is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.6% C 0.045 H 97.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E280B
RGB	rgb(46, 40, 11)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 76.1%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.12, -1.66, 18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.12, 18.94, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(27.63% -0.006 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(27.63% 0.045 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.9460, 2.1227, 0.6238)
Luminance	0.0212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E280B #0B112E

analogous

#2E160B #2E280B #222E0B

triadic

#2E280B #0B2E28 #280B2E

tetradic

#2E280B #0B2E16 #0B112E #2E0B22

square

#2E280B #0B2E16 #0B112E #2E0B22

split-complementary

#2E280B #0B222E #160B2E

monochromatic

#191506 #191506 #2E280B #5F5317 #917E23

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.74

#2E280B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#2E280B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E280B

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E280B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E280B	1.00	14.74	1.42	14.74
#FFFFFF	14.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E290C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#322522

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e280b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 40, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.6% 0.045 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#68614c',
    500: '#2e280b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e280b;
$custom-light: #68614c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e280b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 11.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27633,
    "c": 0.04523,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E280B

secondary

#2A356A

accent

#5FE543

background

#F6F5F4

surface

#EBE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#060501

muted

#7A7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E280B

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

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