#172E09#172E09

#172E09 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.067 H 135.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#172E09
RGB	rgb(23, 46, 9)
HSL	hsl(97, 67%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(97, 80%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 80.4%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.28, -17.19, 19.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.28, 25.97, 131.44°)
OKLab	oklab(27.25% -0.0478 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(27.25% 0.067 135.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.3796, 2.1558, 0.6018)
Luminance	0.0216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#172E09 #20092E

analogous

#292E09 #172E09 #092E0D

triadic

#172E09 #09172E #2E0917

tetradic

#172E09 #09292E #20092E #2E0D09

square

#172E09 #09292E #20092E #2E0D09

split-complementary

#172E09 #0D092E #2E0929

monochromatic

#0D1A05 #0D1A05 #172E09 #316113 #4A941D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.67

#172E09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#172E09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #172E09

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##172E09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##172E09	1.00	14.67	1.43	14.67
#FFFFFF	14.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302A05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D280C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#162C26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #172e09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 46, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.067 135.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56674b',
    500: '#172e09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #172e09;
$custom-light: #56674b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#172e09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.297,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 10.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27253,
    "c": 0.06669,
    "h": 135.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#172E09

secondary

#52276C

accent

#3EEAA9

background

#F5F6F4

surface

#E9EBE7

border

#C5C6C3

text

#030601

muted

#787A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #172E09

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

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