#11100E Color

#11100E is rgb(17, 16, 14) in RGB, hsl(40, 10%, 6%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 6%, 18%, 93%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Soft Black (#131313), below the threshold most people can see at ΔE 1.62. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#11100E

HEX#11100E

RGBrgb(17, 16, 14)

HSLhsl(40, 10%, 6%)

HSVhsv(40, 18%, 7%)

CMYKcmyk(0%, 6%, 18%, 93%)

OKLCHoklch(17.3% 0.004 84.6)

LABlab(4.72% 0.11 1.13)

LCHlch(4.72% 1.13 84.46)

What #11100E Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #11100E, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Soft Black#131313ΔE 1.62 Smoky Black#100C08ΔE 1.69 Jet Black#0A0A0AΔE 2.28 Vampire Black#080808ΔE 2.77 Licorice#1A1110ΔE 4.27 Registration Black#000200ΔE 4.45

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every yellow in the library.

#11100E Channel Values

How #11100E breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

Model	Channels	Notes
RGB	R 17 · G 16 · B 14	8-bit channels as sent to the display
HSL	H 40° · S 10% · L 6%	Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSV	H 40° · S 18% · V 7%	Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYK	C 0% · M 6% · Y 18% · K 93%	Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance	19.02:1 vs white · 1.1:1 vs black	WCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #11100E background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text19.02:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Fails AABlack text1.1:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #11100E

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #11100E; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Analogous

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Triadic

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Split comp.

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Tints & Shades of #11100E

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

#11100E

#0E0D0B

#0B0B09

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How #11100E Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#11100E

Protanopia#10100E

Protanomaly#11100E

Deuteranopia#10100E

Deuteranomaly#11100E

Tritanopia#111010

Tritanomaly#11100F

Achromatopsia#101010

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Using #11100E in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-11100e: #11100E;

CSS backgroundbackground-color: #11100E;

Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-11100e': '#11100E' }

SwiftUIColor(red: 0.067, green: 0.063, blue: 0.055)

Android XML<color name="color_11100e">#11100E</color>

SVG fillfill="#11100E"

More Yellow Colors

#11100E sits in the yellow family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

181807 fffff5 1b1404 fffff0 1f1f00 ffffeb 242400 ffffe5 2a2913 ffffe0 2b2003 ffffd6 573a00 856514 b0a94f cc9900 e0e000 edeae0 f2f1e3 f8f3c9 fcfce8 ffcc00 fff000 ffff0f

#11100E Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #11100E?

#11100E is a darkest yellow — rgb(17, 16, 14) in RGB and hsl(40, 10%, 6%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Soft Black (#131313), which is below the threshold most people can see at a CIE76 distance of 1.62.

What is the RGB value of #11100E?

#11100E is rgb(17, 16, 14) — red 17, green 16, and blue 14 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #11100E?

#11100E converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 6%, 18%, 93%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #11100E be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #11100E scores 19.02:1 against white and 1.1:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #11100E as a CSS color keyword?

No. #11100E is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is black (#000000) at a CIE76 distance of 4.86, which is very hard to tell apart.

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