#234509#234509

#234509 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.094 H 135.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234509
RGB	rgb(35, 69, 9)
HSL	hsl(94, 77%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(94, 87%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 87%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.66, -23.87, 29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.66, 38.28, 128.58°)
OKLab	oklab(35.12% -0.0668 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(35.12% 0.094 135.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.8705, 4.6331, 1.0014)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Forrest Green

#154406

ΔE00 2.32

Hunter Green (survey)

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234509 #2B0945

analogous

#414509 #234509 #09450D

triadic

#234509 #092345 #450923

tetradic

#234509 #094145 #2B0945 #450D09

square

#234509 #094145 #2B0945 #450D09

split-complementary

#234509 #0D0945 #450941

monochromatic

#0E1B04 #0E1B04 #234509 #3E7B10 #5AB117

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#234509 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#234509 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234509

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234509	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234509	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#483F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#433C10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22423A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234509;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 69, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.094 135.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62794e',
    500: '#234509',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234509;
$custom-light: #62794e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234509",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3512,
    "c": 0.09424,
    "h": 135.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234509

secondary

#5B2783

accent

#34F3A1

background

#F6F7F4

surface

#EBEDE7

border

#C6C8C3

text

#050902

muted

#7A7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #234509

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

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