#172D09#172D09

#172D09 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.065 H 135.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172D09
RGB	rgb(23, 45, 9)
HSL	hsl(97, 67%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(97, 80%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 80%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.89, -16.66, 18.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.89, 25.25, 131.27°)
OKLab	oklab(26.93% -0.0463 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(26.93% 0.065 135.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.3410, 2.0786, 0.5889)
Luminance	0.0208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172D09 #1F092D

analogous

#292D09 #172D09 #092D0D

triadic

#172D09 #09172D #2D0917

tetradic

#172D09 #09292D #1F092D #2D0D09

square

#172D09 #09292D #1F092D #2D0D09

split-complementary

#172D09 #0D092D #2D0929

monochromatic

#0D1A05 #0D1A05 #172D09 #316013 #4B931D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.83

#172D09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#172D09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172D09

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172D09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172D09	1.00	14.83	1.42	14.83
#FFFFFF	14.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2905

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C270C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#162B26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172d09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 45, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.065 135.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56664b',
    500: '#172d09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172d09;
$custom-light: #56664b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172d09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.667,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26934,
    "c": 0.06504,
    "h": 135.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172D09

secondary

#50276B

accent

#3EEAA7

background

#F5F6F4

surface

#E9EBE7

border

#C5C6C3

text

#030601

muted

#787A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #172D09

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

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