#282816

Color #282816

A muted very dark yellow.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 19.95 Nearest Tailwind class olive-800 #2b2b22 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#282816

RGB

rgb(40, 40, 22)

HSL

hsl(60, 29%, 12.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 45%, 15.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 45%, 84.3%)

LAB

lab(15.63, -3.57, 11.87)

LCH

lch(15.63, 12.4, 106.74)

OKLCH

oklch(27.1%, 0.0307, 108.2)

HWB

hwb(60, 8.6%, 84.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#161628

Analogous

#281f16

#282816

#1f2816

Triadic

#282816

#162828

#281628

Split-complementary

#282816

#161f28

#1f1628

Tetradic

#282816

#162816

#161628

#281628

Square

#282816

#16281f

#161628

#28161f

Shades

Color #282816 mixed toward black.

#212112

#1b1b0f

#14140b

#0d0d07

#070704

Tints

Color #282816 mixed toward white.

#585831

#88884b

#b0b06f

#caca9f

#e5e5cf

Tones

Color #282816 mixed toward gray.

#272718

#252519

#24241b

#22221c

#21211e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.41:1

White text reads better on this background (14.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#28281b · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#28281d · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#281f20 · ΔE 14.6

Achromatopsia

#272727 · ΔE 10.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #282816;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#282816]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#282816 (#282816) is rgb(40, 40, 22) in RGB.

No, #282816 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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