#162C09#162C09

#162C09 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 26.5% C 0.064 H 135.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C09
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 9)
HSL	hsl(98, 66%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(98, 80%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 79.5%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.44, -16.55, 18.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.44, 24.74, 131.97°)
OKLab	oklab(26.55% -0.0459 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(26.55% 0.064 135.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.2808, 1.9916, 0.5753)
Luminance	0.0199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C09 #1F092C

analogous

#272C09 #162C09 #092C0D

triadic

#162C09 #09162C #2C0916

tetradic

#162C09 #09272C #1F092C #2C0D09

square

#162C09 #09272C #1F092C #2C0D09

split-complementary

#162C09 #0D092C #2C0927

monochromatic

#0D1905 #0D1905 #162C09 #2F5F13 #49921E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.02

#162C09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#162C09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C09

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C09	1.00	15.02	1.40	15.02
#FFFFFF	15.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2805

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B260C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#152A25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.5% 0.064 135.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#55654b',
    500: '#162c09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c09;
$custom-light: #55654b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.714,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 10.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26549,
    "c": 0.06403,
    "h": 135.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C09

secondary

#51276A

accent

#3FE9AA

background

#F5F6F4

surface

#E9EBE7

border

#C5C6C3

text

#030501

muted

#787A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C09

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

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