#27281e

Color #27281e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark yellow.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 17.19 Nearest Tailwind class olive-800 #2b2b22 · ΔE 1.4

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Conversions

HEX

#27281e

RGB

rgb(39, 40, 30)

HSL

hsl(66, 14.3%, 13.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66, 25%, 15.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 25%, 84.3%)

LAB

lab(15.71, -2.67, 6.45)

LCH

lch(15.71, 6.98, 112.49)

OKLCH

oklch(27.2%, 0.0178, 112.1)

HWB

hwb(66, 11.8%, 84.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1f1e28

Analogous

#28241e

#27281e

#22281e

Triadic

#27281e

#1e2728

#281e27

Split-complementary

#27281e

#1e2228

#241e28

Tetradic

#27281e

#1e281f

#1f1e28

#281e27

Square

#27281e

#1e2824

#1f1e28

#281e22

Shades

Color #27281e mixed toward black.

#202119

#1a1b14

#13140f

#0d0d0a

#060705

Tints

Color #27281e mixed toward white.

#50523d

#797c5d

#9ea181

#bec0ab

#dfe0d5

Tones

Color #27281e mixed toward gray.

#26271f

#262620

#252520

#242521

#242422

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.41:1

White text reads better on this background (14.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#272721 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#272721 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#272323 · ΔE 8.2

Achromatopsia

#272727 · ΔE 6.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #27281e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#27281e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#27281e (#27281e) is rgb(39, 40, 30) in RGB.

No, #27281e 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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