#161C12#161C12

#161C12 is a very dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 21.7% C 0.021 H 133.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C12
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 18)
HSL	hsl(96, 22%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(96, 36%, 11%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 0%, 35.7%, 89%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.36, -5.30, 5.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.36, 7.80, 132.88°)
OKLab	oklab(21.67% -0.0143 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(21.67% 0.021 133.1)
XYZ	xyz(0.8553, 1.0447, 0.7287)
Luminance	0.0104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C12 #18121C

analogous

#1B1C12 #161C12 #121C13

triadic

#161C12 #12161C #1C1216

tetradic

#161C12 #121B1C #18121C #1C1312

square

#161C12 #121B1C #18121C #1C1312

split-complementary

#161C12 #13121C #1C121B

monochromatic

#0F130C #0F130C #161C12 #33412A #516742

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.37

#161C12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#161C12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C12

17.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C12	1.00	17.37	1.21	17.37
#FFFFFF	17.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1B11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C1A12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#161B19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.7% 0.021 133.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#53584f',
    500: '#161c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c12;
$custom-light: #53584f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 9.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21672,
    "c": 0.02097,
    "h": 133.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C12

secondary

#473A4F

accent

#6ABE9C

background

#F4F5F4

surface

#E7E9E7

border

#C3C5C3

text

#020302

muted

#787878

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C12

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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