#1c1c17

Color #1c1c17

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark yellow.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 10.75 Nearest Tailwind class olive-900 #1d1d16 · ΔE 1.3

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Conversions

HEX

#1c1c17

RGB

rgb(28, 28, 23)

HSL

hsl(60, 9.8%, 10%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 17.9%, 11%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 17.9%, 89%)

LAB

lab(10.1, -1.19, 3.47)

LCH

lch(10.1, 3.67, 108.93)

OKLCH

oklch(22.5%, 0.0094, 107.28)

HWB

hwb(60, 9%, 89%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#17171c

Analogous

#1c1a17

#1c1c17

#1a1c17

Triadic

#1c1c17

#171c1c

#1c171c

Split-complementary

#1c1c17

#171a1c

#1a171c

Tetradic

#1c1c17

#171c17

#17171c

#1c171c

Square

#1c1c17

#171c1a

#17171c

#1c171a

Shades

Color #1c1c17 mixed toward black.

#171713

#13130f

#0e0e0c

#090908

#050504

Tints

Color #1c1c17 mixed toward white.

#46463a

#70705c

#979781

#babaab

#dcdcd5

Tones

Color #1c1c17 mixed toward gray.

#1c1c17

#1b1b18

#1a1a19

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.23:1

White text reads better on this background (17.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1c1c18 · ΔE 0.7

Deuteranopia

#1c1c19 · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#1c1919 · ΔE 4.8

Achromatopsia

#1c1c1c · ΔE 3.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #1c1c17;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1c1c17]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#1c1c17 (#1c1c17) is rgb(28, 28, 23) in RGB.

No, #1c1c17 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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