#2b2c17

Color #2b2c17

A muted very dark yellow.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 22.44 Nearest Tailwind class olive-800 #2b2b22 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#2b2c17

RGB

rgb(43, 44, 23)

HSL

hsl(62.9, 31.3%, 13.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(62.9, 47.7%, 17.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 47.7%, 82.7%)

LAB

lab(17.35, -4.54, 13.48)

LCH

lch(17.35, 14.22, 108.61)

OKLCH

oklch(28.6%, 0.0352, 110.8)

HWB

hwb(62.9, 9%, 82.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#18172c

Analogous

#2c2217

#2b2c17

#202c17

Triadic

#2b2c17

#172b2c

#2c172b

Split-complementary

#2b2c17

#17202c

#22172c

Tetradic

#2b2c17

#172c18

#18172c

#2c172b

Square

#2b2c17

#172c22

#18172c

#2c1720

Shades

Color #2b2c17 mixed toward black.

#242513

#1d1d0f

#15160b

#0e0f08

#070704

Tints

Color #2b2c17 mixed toward white.

#5a5c30

#8a8d4a

#b0b36e

#cacc9e

#e5e6cf

Tones

Color #2b2c17 mixed toward gray.

#292a19

#28281a

#26271c

#25251e

#232320

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.48:1

White text reads better on this background (14.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#2b2b1d · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#2b2b1f · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#2b2223 · ΔE 16

Achromatopsia

#2b2b2b · ΔE 11.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2b2c17;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2b2c17]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#2b2c17 (#2b2c17) is rgb(43, 44, 23) in RGB.

No, #2b2c17 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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