#1e1e1b

Color #1e1e1b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark yellow.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 11.37 Nearest Tailwind class olive-900 #1d1d16 · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#1e1e1b

RGB

rgb(30, 30, 27)

HSL

hsl(60, 5.3%, 11.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 10%, 11.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 10%, 88.2%)

LAB

lab(11.16, -0.73, 2.06)

LCH

lch(11.16, 2.19, 109.51)

OKLCH

oklch(23.4%, 0.0056, 106.5)

HWB

hwb(60, 10.6%, 88.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1b1b1e

Analogous

#1e1d1b

#1e1e1b

#1d1e1b

Triadic

#1e1e1b

#1b1e1e

#1e1b1e

Split-complementary

#1e1e1b

#1b1d1e

#1d1b1e

Tetradic

#1e1e1b

#1b1e1b

#1b1b1e

#1e1b1e

Square

#1e1e1b

#1b1e1d

#1b1b1e

#1e1b1d

Shades

Color #1e1e1b mixed toward black.

#191917

#141412

#0f0f0e

#0a0a09

#050505

Tints

Color #1e1e1b mixed toward white.

#46463f

#6e6e63

#949488

#b8b8b0

#dbdbd7

Tones

Color #1e1e1b mixed toward gray.

#1e1e1b

#1e1e1c

#1d1d1c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

16.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.26:1

White text reads better on this background (16.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#1e1e1c · ΔE 0.7

Deuteranopia

#1e1e1c · ΔE 0.7

Tritanopia

#1e1c1c · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#1e1e1e · ΔE 2.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #1e1e1b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1e1e1b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#1e1e1b (#1e1e1b) is rgb(30, 30, 27) in RGB.

No, #1e1e1b 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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