diff --git a/src/API/Trace/SpanContext.php b/src/API/Trace/SpanContext.php
index 5b235d01c..ae8d16b46 100644
--- a/src/API/Trace/SpanContext.php
+++ b/src/API/Trace/SpanContext.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 namespace OpenTelemetry\API\Trace;
 
+use function hex2bin;
+
 final class SpanContext implements SpanContextInterface
 {
     private static ?SpanContextInterface $invalidContext = null;
@@ -49,11 +51,21 @@ public function getTraceId(): string
         return $this->traceId;
     }
 
+    public function getTraceIdBinary(): string
+    {
+        return hex2bin($this->traceId);
+    }
+
     public function getSpanId(): string
     {
         return $this->spanId;
     }
 
+    public function getSpanIdBinary(): string
+    {
+        return hex2bin($this->spanId);
+    }
+
     public function getTraceState(): ?TraceStateInterface
     {
         return $this->traceState;
diff --git a/src/API/Trace/SpanContextInterface.php b/src/API/Trace/SpanContextInterface.php
index f049bb321..e8126bbfd 100644
--- a/src/API/Trace/SpanContextInterface.php
+++ b/src/API/Trace/SpanContextInterface.php
@@ -12,20 +12,17 @@ interface SpanContextInterface
     public const TRACE_FLAG_SAMPLED = 0x01;
     public const TRACE_FLAG_DEFAULT = 0x00;
 
-    /** @todo Implement this in the API layer */
     public static function createFromRemoteParent(string $traceId, string $spanId, int $traceFlags = self::TRACE_FLAG_DEFAULT, ?TraceStateInterface $traceState = null): SpanContextInterface;
-
-    /** @todo Implement this in the API layer */
     public static function getInvalid(): SpanContextInterface;
-
-    /** @todo Implement this in the API layer */
     public static function create(string $traceId, string $spanId, int $traceFlags = self::TRACE_FLAG_DEFAULT, ?TraceStateInterface $traceState = null): SpanContextInterface;
 
     /** @psalm-mutation-free */
     public function getTraceId(): string;
+    public function getTraceIdBinary(): string;
 
     /** @psalm-mutation-free */
     public function getSpanId(): string;
+    public function getSpanIdBinary(): string;
     public function getTraceFlags(): int;
     public function getTraceState(): ?TraceStateInterface;
     public function isValid(): bool;
diff --git a/src/Contrib/Otlp/SpanConverter.php b/src/Contrib/Otlp/SpanConverter.php
index 0b8860c82..99fee4060 100644
--- a/src/Contrib/Otlp/SpanConverter.php
+++ b/src/Contrib/Otlp/SpanConverter.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 namespace OpenTelemetry\Contrib\Otlp;
 
-use function hex2bin;
 use OpenTelemetry\API\Trace as API;
 use Opentelemetry\Proto\Collector\Trace\V1\ExportTraceServiceRequest;
 use Opentelemetry\Proto\Common\V1\InstrumentationScope;
@@ -140,11 +139,11 @@ private function convertStatusCode(string $status): int
     private function convertSpan(SpanDataInterface $span): Span
     {
         $pSpan = new Span();
-        $pSpan->setTraceId(hex2bin($span->getContext()->getTraceId()));
-        $pSpan->setSpanId(hex2bin($span->getContext()->getSpanId()));
+        $pSpan->setTraceId($span->getContext()->getTraceIdBinary());
+        $pSpan->setSpanId($span->getContext()->getSpanIdBinary());
         $pSpan->setTraceState((string) $span->getContext()->getTraceState());
         if ($span->getParentContext()->isValid()) {
-            $pSpan->setParentSpanId(hex2bin($span->getParentContext()->getSpanId()));
+            $pSpan->setParentSpanId($span->getParentContext()->getSpanIdBinary());
         }
         $pSpan->setName($span->getName());
         $pSpan->setKind($this->convertSpanKind($span->getKind()));
@@ -164,8 +163,8 @@ private function convertSpan(SpanDataInterface $span): Span
         foreach ($span->getLinks() as $link) {
             /** @psalm-suppress InvalidArgument */
             $pSpan->getLinks()[] = $pLink = new Link();
-            $pLink->setTraceId(hex2bin($link->getSpanContext()->getTraceId()));
-            $pLink->setSpanId(hex2bin($link->getSpanContext()->getSpanId()));
+            $pLink->setTraceId($link->getSpanContext()->getTraceIdBinary());
+            $pLink->setSpanId($link->getSpanContext()->getSpanIdBinary());
             $pLink->setTraceState((string) $link->getSpanContext()->getTraceState());
             $this->setAttributes($pLink, $link->getAttributes());
         }
diff --git a/tests/Unit/API/Trace/SpanContextTest.php b/tests/Unit/API/Trace/SpanContextTest.php
index ebc3741da..af64e540c 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/API/Trace/SpanContextTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/API/Trace/SpanContextTest.php
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@ public function test_get_trace_id(): void
         $this->assertSame(self::SECOND_TRACE_ID, $this->second->getTraceId());
     }
 
+    public function test_get_trace_and_span_id_binary(): void
+    {
+        $traceId = '7d9df3359179cfd468fdf360f3e29f1a';
+        $spanId = '7d9df3359179cfd4';
+
+        $spanContext = SpanContext::create($traceId, $spanId);
+        $this->assertSame(hex2bin($traceId), $spanContext->getTraceIdBinary());
+        $this->assertSame(hex2bin($spanId), $spanContext->getSpanIdBinary());
+    }
+
     public function test_get_span_id(): void
     {
         $this->assertSame(self::FIRST_SPAN_ID, $this->first->getSpanId());