#253A09#253A09

#253A09 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.077 H 130.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253A09
RGB	rgb(37, 58, 9)
HSL	hsl(86, 73%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(86, 84%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 0%, 84.5%, 77.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.72, -17.45, 26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.72, 31.32, 123.85°)
OKLab	oklab(31.93% -0.0496 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(31.93% 0.077 130.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.3253, 3.4391, 0.7997)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Forrest Green

#154406

ΔE00 5.66

Hunter Green (survey)

Forest Green (survey)

#06470C

ΔE00 7.57

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253A09 #1E093A

analogous

#3A3609 #253A09 #0D3A09

triadic

#253A09 #09253A #3A0925

tetradic

#253A09 #093A36 #1E093A #3A090D

square

#253A09 #093A36 #1E093A #3A090D

split-complementary

#253A09 #090D3A #36093A

monochromatic

#111A04 #111A04 #253A09 #476F11 #69A419

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.44

#253A09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#253A09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253A09

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253A09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253A09	1.00	12.44	1.69	12.44
#FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3503

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A340E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#263731

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253a09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 58, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.077 130.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62704c',
    500: '#253a09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253a09;
$custom-light: #62704c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253a09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.714,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 13.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31931,
    "c": 0.07672,
    "h": 130.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253A09

secondary

#4A2778

accent

#38F087

background

#F5F6F4

surface

#EAECE7

border

#C6C7C3

text

#050701

muted

#797A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #253A09

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

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