#2b281d

Color #2b281d

A muted very dark yellow.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 17.89 Nearest Tailwind class olive-800 #2b2b22 · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#2b281d

RGB

rgb(43, 40, 29)

HSL

hsl(47.1, 19.4%, 14.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(47.1, 32.6%, 16.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 7%, 32.6%, 83.1%)

LAB

lab(16.1, -0.88, 7.76)

LCH

lch(16.1, 7.81, 96.47)

OKLCH

oklch(27.7%, 0.0198, 94.64)

HWB

hwb(47.1, 11.4%, 83.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1d202b

Analogous

#2b211d

#2b281d

#272b1d

Triadic

#2b281d

#1d2b28

#281d2b

Split-complementary

#2b281d

#1d272b

#211d2b

Tetradic

#2b281d

#202b1d

#1d202b

#281d2b

Square

#2b281d

#1d2b21

#1d202b

#2b1d27

Shades

Color #2b281d mixed toward black.

#242118

#1d1b13

#15140e

#0e0d0a

#070705

Tints

Color #2b281d mixed toward white.

#57503a

#827958

#a79e7c

#c4bea8

#e2dfd3

Tones

Color #2b281d mixed toward gray.

#2a271e

#29271f

#272620

#262522

#252523

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.42:1

White text reads better on this background (14.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2a2a20 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#2a2a21 · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#2b2223 · ΔE 9.9

Achromatopsia

#282828 · ΔE 6.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2b281d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2b281d]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#2b281d (#2b281d) is rgb(43, 40, 29) in RGB.

No, #2b281d 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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