#2a2d17

Color #2a2d17

A muted very dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 23 Nearest Tailwind class olive-800 #2b2b22 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#2a2d17

RGB

rgb(42, 45, 23)

HSL

hsl(68.2, 32.4%, 13.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.2, 48.9%, 17.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 48.9%, 82.4%)

LAB

lab(17.6, -5.71, 13.78)

LCH

lch(17.6, 14.92, 112.51)

OKLCH

oklch(28.8%, 0.0371, 115.04)

HWB

hwb(68.2, 9%, 82.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1a172d

Analogous

#2d2517

#2a2d17

#1f2d17

Triadic

#2a2d17

#172a2d

#2d172a

Split-complementary

#2a2d17

#171f2d

#25172d

Tetradic

#2a2d17

#172d1a

#1a172d

#2d172a

Square

#2a2d17

#172d25

#1a172d

#2d171f

Shades

Color #2a2d17 mixed toward black.

#232513

#1c1e0f

#15160b

#0e0f08

#070704

Tints

Color #2a2d17 mixed toward white.

#575e30

#858e49

#aab46d

#c7cd9d

#e3e6ce

Tones

Color #2a2d17 mixed toward gray.

#292b19

#27291b

#26271c

#25261e

#232420

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.49:1

White text reads better on this background (14.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2b2b1e · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#2b2b1f · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#2a2223 · ΔE 16.7

Achromatopsia

#2b2b2b · ΔE 11.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2a2d17;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2a2d17]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#2a2d17 (#2a2d17) is rgb(42, 45, 23) in RGB.

No, #2a2d17 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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