#172409#172409

#172409 is a very dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.1% C 0.049 H 130.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172409
RGB	rgb(23, 36, 9)
HSL	hsl(89, 60%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(89, 75%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 0%, 75%, 85.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.37, -11.53, 14.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.37, 18.43, 128.73°)
OKLab	oklab(24.07% -0.0323 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(24.07% 0.049 130.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.0335, 1.4636, 0.4864)
Luminance	0.0146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172409 #160924

analogous

#242409 #172409 #0A2409

triadic

#172409 #091724 #240917

tetradic

#172409 #092424 #160924 #24090A

square

#172409 #092424 #160924 #24090A

split-complementary

#172409 #090A24 #240924

monochromatic

#101806 #101806 #172409 #365515 #568621

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.24

#172409 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#172409 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172409

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172409	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172409	1.00	16.24	1.29	16.24
#FFFFFF	16.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262107

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24200B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18221E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172409;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 36, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.1% 0.049 130.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#545e4b',
    500: '#172409',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172409;
$custom-light: #545e4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172409",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.889,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 8.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24067,
    "c": 0.04939,
    "h": 130.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172409

secondary

#432861

accent

#45E391

background

#F4F5F4

surface

#E7E9E7

border

#C3C5C3

text

#030401

muted

#787977

Preview Lab

Preview with #172409

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

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