#282a15

Color #282a15

A muted very dark yellow.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 21.72 Nearest Tailwind class olive-800 #2b2b22 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#282a15

RGB

rgb(40, 42, 21)

HSL

hsl(65.7, 33.3%, 12.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.7, 50%, 16.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 50%, 83.5%)

LAB

lab(16.31, -5.06, 13.42)

LCH

lch(16.31, 14.34, 110.66)

OKLCH

oklch(27.7%, 0.0355, 113.24)

HWB

hwb(65.7, 8.2%, 83.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#17152a

Analogous

#2a2215

#282a15

#1e2a15

Triadic

#282a15

#15282a

#2a1528

Split-complementary

#282a15

#151e2a

#22152a

Tetradic

#282a15

#152a17

#17152a

#2a1528

Square

#282a15

#152a22

#17152a

#2a151e

Shades

Color #282a15 mixed toward black.

#212312

#1b1c0e

#14150b

#0d0e07

#070704

Tints

Color #282a15 mixed toward white.

#575c2e

#878d47

#adb56a

#c9cd9c

#e4e6cd

Tones

Color #282a15 mixed toward gray.

#272817

#252719

#24251a

#22231c

#21211e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.43:1

White text reads better on this background (14.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#29291c · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#29291d · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#282021 · ΔE 16

Achromatopsia

#282828 · ΔE 11.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #282a15;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#282a15]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#282a15 (#282a15) is rgb(40, 42, 21) in RGB.

No, #282a15 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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