#282e09

Color #282e09

A moderately saturated very dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 28.11 Nearest Tailwind class lime-950 #192e03 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#282e09

RGB

rgb(40, 46, 9)

HSL

hsl(69.7, 67.3%, 10.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(69.7, 80.4%, 18%)

CMYK

cmyk(13%, 0%, 80.4%, 82%)

LAB

lab(17.58, -8.99, 21.34)

LCH

lch(17.58, 23.16, 112.84)

OKLCH

oklch(28.6%, 0.0565, 117.97)

HWB

hwb(69.7, 3.5%, 82%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0f092e

Analogous

#2e2209

#282e09

#162e09

Triadic

#282e09

#09282e

#2e0928

Split-complementary

#282e09

#09162e

#22092e

Tetradic

#282e09

#092e0f

#0f092e

#2e0928

Square

#282e09

#092e22

#0f092e

#2e0916

Shades

Color #282e09 mixed toward black.

#212608

#1b1f06

#141705

#0d0f03

#070802

Tints

Color #282e09 mixed toward white.

#5f6d15

#96ad22

#c1da41

#d6e680

#eaf3c0

Tones

Color #282e09 mixed toward gray.

#262b0c

#24280f

#222512

#202215

#1e1f18

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.48:1

White text reads better on this background (14.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2b2b17 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#2a2a1a · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#281f20 · ΔE 21.8

Achromatopsia

#2b2b2b · ΔE 16

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #282e09;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#282e09]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#282e09 (#282e09) is rgb(40, 46, 9) in RGB.

No, #282e09 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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