#234209#234209

#234209 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.090 H 134.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234209
RGB	rgb(35, 66, 9)
HSL	hsl(93, 76%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(93, 86%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 0%, 86.4%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.56, -22.42, 28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.56, 36.55, 127.84°)
OKLab	oklab(34.21% -0.0629 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(34.21% 0.09 134.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.6906, 4.2733, 0.9415)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Forrest Green

#154406

ΔE00 2.79

Hunter Green (survey)

#0B4008

ΔE00 3.85

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234209 #280942

analogous

#404209 #234209 #09420C

triadic

#234209 #092342 #420923

tetradic

#234209 #094042 #280942 #420C09

square

#234209 #094042 #280942 #420C09

split-complementary

#234209 #0C0942 #420940

monochromatic

#0E1B04 #0E1B04 #234209 #407810 #5CAE18

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#234209 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#234209 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234209

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234209	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234209	1.00	11.32	1.85	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453C01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41390F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#233F37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234209;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 66, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.090 134.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#61764d',
    500: '#234209',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234209;
$custom-light: #61764d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234209",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.632,
    "s": 76,
    "l": 14.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34212,
    "c": 0.08991,
    "h": 134.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234209

secondary

#572780

accent

#35F39C

background

#F5F7F4

surface

#EAEDE7

border

#C6C8C3

text

#050801

muted

#797B77

Preview Lab

Preview with #234209

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

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