#252616

Color #252616

A muted very dark yellow.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 18.38 Nearest Tailwind class olive-800 #2b2b22 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#252616

RGB

rgb(37, 38, 22)

HSL

hsl(63.7, 26.7%, 11.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.7, 42.1%, 14.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 42.1%, 85.1%)

LAB

lab(14.61, -3.77, 10.49)

LCH

lch(14.61, 11.15, 109.77)

OKLCH

oklch(26.3%, 0.0279, 111.23)

HWB

hwb(63.7, 8.6%, 85.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#171626

Analogous

#261f16

#252616

#1d2616

Triadic

#252616

#162526

#261625

Split-complementary

#252616

#161d26

#1f1626

Tetradic

#252616

#162617

#171626

#261625

Square

#252616

#16261f

#171626

#26161d

Shades

Color #252616 mixed toward black.

#1f2012

#19190f

#13130b

#0c0d07

#060604

Tints

Color #252616 mixed toward white.

#535632

#82854d

#a9ad71

#c6c8a0

#e2e4d0

Tones

Color #252616 mixed toward gray.

#242517

#232319

#22221a

#20211b

#1f1f1d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.37:1

White text reads better on this background (15.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#25251b · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#25251c · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#251e1f · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#252525 · ΔE 9.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #252616;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#252616]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#252616 (#252616) is rgb(37, 38, 22) in RGB.

No, #252616 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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