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#2a2500 color: Liquorice Root

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53°
100%

OKLCH

26.2%
0.055
102°
  • ≈ Graphite
  • Yellow
  • Very dark
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • lime-950
  • Black 84%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text15.41:1 · AALc -105
Black text1.36:1 · Below AALc 0

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About #2a2500

#2a2500 is a soft very dark yellow color. In OKLCH it has 26.2% lightness, 0.055 chroma and a hue of 102°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 15.41:1 contrast and black text 1.36:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Liquorice Root (#222200). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is lime-950.

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Lighter: #2a2500 mixed with white

  1. 2a2500
  2. 3c3818
  3. 4f4b2f
  4. 636046
  5. 77755f
  6. 8c8a78
  7. a2a191
  8. b9b7ac
  9. d0cfc7
  10. e7e7e3

Darker: #2a2500 mixed with black

  1. 2a2500
  2. 231f00
  3. 1c1900
  4. 161300
  5. 100d00
  6. 0a0800
  7. 050400
  8. 020200
  9. 010000
  10. 000000

Calmer: #2a2500 with less saturation

  1. 2a2500
  2. 292504
  3. 292509
  4. 28250e
  5. 282512
  6. 272515
  7. 262519
  8. 26251c
  9. 25251f
  10. 252522