#172A09#172A09

#172A09 is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 26.0% C 0.060 H 134.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172A09
RGB	rgb(23, 42, 9)
HSL	hsl(95, 65%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(95, 79%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 0%, 78.6%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.72, -15.02, 17.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.72, 23.05, 130.66°)
OKLab	oklab(25.98% -0.0418 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(25.98% 0.06 134.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.2306, 1.8578, 0.5521)
Luminance	0.0186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172A09 #1C092A

analogous

#282A09 #172A09 #092A0B

triadic

#172A09 #09172A #2A0917

tetradic

#172A09 #09282A #1C092A #2A0B09

square

#172A09 #09282A #1C092A #2A0B09

split-complementary

#172A09 #0B092A #2A0928

monochromatic

#0E1905 #0E1905 #172A09 #335C14 #4E8F1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.31

#172A09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#172A09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172A09

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172A09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172A09	1.00	15.31	1.37	15.31
#FFFFFF	15.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2606

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29250C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#172823

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172a09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 42, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.0% 0.060 134.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#55634b',
    500: '#172a09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172a09;
$custom-light: #55634b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172a09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.545,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 10
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25977,
    "c": 0.05998,
    "h": 134.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172A09

secondary

#4C2768

accent

#40E8A1

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#E9EAE7

border

#C5C6C3

text

#030501

muted

#787977

Preview Lab

Preview with #172A09

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

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