#1a1a16

Color #1a1a16

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark yellow.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 9.59 Nearest Tailwind class olive-900 #1d1d16 · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#1a1a16

RGB

rgb(26, 26, 22)

HSL

hsl(60, 8.3%, 9.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 15.4%, 10.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 15.4%, 89.8%)

LAB

lab(9.13, -0.97, 2.78)

LCH

lch(9.13, 2.94, 109.23)

OKLCH

oklch(21.6%, 0.0076, 106.77)

HWB

hwb(60, 8.6%, 89.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#16161a

Analogous

#1a1816

#1a1a16

#181a16

Triadic

#1a1a16

#161a1a

#1a161a

Split-complementary

#1a1a16

#16181a

#18161a

Tetradic

#1a1a16

#161a16

#16161a

#1a161a

Square

#1a1a16

#161a18

#16161a

#1a1618

Shades

Color #1a1a16 mixed toward black.

#161612

#11110f

#0d0d0b

#090907

#040404

Tints

Color #1a1a16 mixed toward white.

#444439

#6d6d5d

#959582

#b8b8ac

#dcdcd5

Tones

Color #1a1a16 mixed toward gray.

#1a1a16

#191917

#181818

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.2:1

White text reads better on this background (17.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1a1a17 · ΔE 0.7

Deuteranopia

#1a1a17 · ΔE 0.7

Tritanopia

#1a1818 · ΔE 3.7

Achromatopsia

#1a1a1a · ΔE 2.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #1a1a16;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1a1a16]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#1a1a16 (#1a1a16) is rgb(26, 26, 22) in RGB.

No, #1a1a16 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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