Information about #262A0F color

#262A0F color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#262A0F falls into the Yellow Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(38, 42, 15) — 14.9% red, 16.5% green, 5.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 2 / 0 / 11 / 84. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#262A0F is a confidently colored golden yellow that leans clearly toward the dark side. In practice it works well for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Bonsaisei (#1F3106). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Top Gear (#24221A) and It is as it is (#211E09).

In RGB terms — rgb(38, 42, 15) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #262A0F: 14.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.4:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:84), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #262A0F is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#262A0F color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#262A0F color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #262A0F

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Bonsaisei color link
Bonsaisei

#1F3106

Top Gear color link
Top Gear

#24221A

Sooty color link
Sooty

#281D19

Legal Dye color link
Legal Dye

#2E211B

Ink color link
Ink

#27221F

Cosmonaut color link
Cosmonaut

#26211F

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#262A0F
  • RGB38, 42, 15
  • CMYK2, 0, 11, 84
  • CSSrgb(38, 42, 15)
  • HSL69°, 47%, 11%
  • HSL Precise68.889°, 47.368%, 11.176%
  • HSV69°, 64%, 16%
  • HSB69°, 64%, 16%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.149
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.165
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.059
  • GLSLvec3(0.149, 0.165, 0.059)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.149, 0.165, 0.059, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.149, 0.165, 0.059)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB14.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB16.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB5.9%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID262A0F
  • DECIMAL ID2501135
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers12 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01