#232B16#232B16

#232B16 is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.5% C 0.038 H 125.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#232B16
RGB	rgb(35, 43, 22)
HSL	hsl(83, 32%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(83, 49%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 48.8%, 83.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.22, -8.08, 12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.22, 14.92, 122.78°)
OKLab	oklab(27.49% -0.0222 0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(27.49% 0.038 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.7018, 2.1430, 1.0829)
Luminance	0.0214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#232B16 #1E162B

analogous

#2B2816 #232B16 #182B16

triadic

#232B16 #16232B #2B1623

tetradic

#232B16 #162B28 #1E162B #2B1618

square

#232B16 #162B28 #1E162B #2B1618

split-complementary

#232B16 #16182B #28162B

monochromatic

#10140A #10140A #232B16 #44532B #657C3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.70

#232B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#232B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #232B16

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##232B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##232B16	1.00	14.70	1.43	14.70
#FFFFFF	14.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2914

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2817

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#242926

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #232b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 43, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.5% 0.038 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e6453',
    500: '#232b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #232b16;
$custom-light: #5e6453;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#232b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.857,
    "s": 32.308,
    "l": 12.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27493,
    "c": 0.03792,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#232B16

secondary

#4A3D60

accent

#5FC887

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#E9EAE7

border

#C5C6C3

text

#040502

muted

#797978

Preview Lab

Preview with #232B16

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

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