#172B09#172B09

#172B09 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 26.3% C 0.062 H 134.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172B09
RGB	rgb(23, 43, 9)
HSL	hsl(95, 65%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(95, 79%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 0%, 79.1%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.11, -15.57, 17.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.11, 23.79, 130.88°)
OKLab	oklab(26.3% -0.0433 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(26.3% 0.062 134.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.2665, 1.9296, 0.5641)
Luminance	0.0193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172B09 #1D092B

analogous

#282B09 #172B09 #092B0C

triadic

#172B09 #09172B #2B0917

tetradic

#172B09 #09282B #1D092B #2B0C09

square

#172B09 #09282B #1D092B #2B0C09

split-complementary

#172B09 #0C092B #2B0928

monochromatic

#0E1905 #0E1905 #172B09 #325E14 #4D901E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.15

#172B09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#172B09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172B09

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172B09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172B09	1.00	15.15	1.39	15.15
#FFFFFF	15.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2706

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A250C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#172924

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172b09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 43, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.3% 0.062 134.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#55644b',
    500: '#172b09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172b09;
$custom-light: #55644b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172b09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.294,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 10.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26296,
    "c": 0.06168,
    "h": 134.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172B09

secondary

#4E2769

accent

#3FE8A3

background

#F5F6F4

surface

#E9EBE7

border

#C5C6C3

text

#030501

muted

#787A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #172B09

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

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