#282917

Color #282917

A muted very dark yellow.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 20.23 Nearest Tailwind class olive-800 #2b2b22 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#282917

RGB

rgb(40, 41, 23)

HSL

hsl(63.3, 28.1%, 12.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.3, 43.9%, 16.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 43.9%, 83.9%)

LAB

lab(16, -4.09, 11.68)

LCH

lch(16, 12.38, 109.3)

OKLCH

oklch(27.4%, 0.0308, 110.9)

HWB

hwb(63.3, 9%, 83.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#181729

Analogous

#292117

#282917

#1f2917

Triadic

#282917

#172829

#291728

Split-complementary

#282917

#171f29

#211729

Tetradic

#282917

#172918

#181729

#291728

Square

#282917

#172921

#181729

#29171f

Shades

Color #282917 mixed toward black.

#212213

#1b1b0f

#14140b

#0d0e08

#070704

Tints

Color #282917 mixed toward white.

#565832

#85884c

#abaf70

#c7caa0

#e3e4cf

Tones

Color #282917 mixed toward gray.

#272718

#25261a

#24241b

#23231d

#21211e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.42:1

White text reads better on this background (14.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#28281c · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#28281e · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#282021 · ΔE 14.5

Achromatopsia

#282828 · ΔE 10.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #282917;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#282917]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#282917 (#282917) is rgb(40, 41, 23) in RGB.

No, #282917 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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