#253B0B#253B0B

#253B0B is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.077 H 131.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253B0B
RGB	rgb(37, 59, 11)
HSL	hsl(88, 69%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(88, 81%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 0%, 81.4%, 76.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.11, -17.83, 25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.11, 31.20, 124.85°)
OKLab	oklab(32.25% -0.0504 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(32.25% 0.077 131.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.3873, 3.5453, 0.8751)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Forrest Green

#154406

ΔE00 5.36

Hunter Green (survey)

Forest Green (survey)

#06470C

ΔE00 7.22

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253B0B #210B3B

analogous

#3B390B #253B0B #0D3B0B

triadic

#253B0B #0B253B #3B0B25

tetradic

#253B0B #0B3B39 #210B3B #3B0B0D

square

#253B0B #0B3B39 #210B3B #3B0B0D

split-complementary

#253B0B #0B0D3B #390B3B

monochromatic

#101A05 #101A05 #253B0B #456F15 #66A21E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.29

#253B0B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#253B0B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253B0B

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253B0B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253B0B	1.00	12.29	1.71	12.29
#FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3604

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B340F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#263832

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253b0b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 59, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.077 131.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62714d',
    500: '#253b0b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253b0b;
$custom-light: #62714d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253b0b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.5,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32249,
    "c": 0.07671,
    "h": 131.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253B0B

secondary

#4E2A78

accent

#3CEB8D

background

#F5F6F4

surface

#EAECE7

border

#C6C7C3

text

#050701

muted

#797A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #253B0B

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

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