#253C05#253C05

#253C05 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.083 H 130.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253C05
RGB	rgb(37, 60, 5)
HSL	hsl(85, 85%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(85, 92%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 0%, 91.7%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.43, -18.83, 28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.43, 34.07, 123.55°)
OKLab	oklab(32.5% -0.0537 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(32.5% 0.083 130.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.4062, 3.6359, 0.7186)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Forrest Green

#154406

ΔE00 4.94

Hunter Green (survey)

Forest Green (survey)

#06470C

ΔE00 7.02

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253C05 #1C053C

analogous

#3C3705 #253C05 #093C05

triadic

#253C05 #05253C #3C0525

tetradic

#253C05 #053C37 #1C053C #3C0509

square

#253C05 #053C37 #1C053C #3C0509

split-complementary

#253C05 #05093C #37053C

monochromatic

#111C02 #111C02 #253C05 #48740A #6BAD0E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#253C05 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#253C05 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253C05

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253C05	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253C05	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C350B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#263932

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253c05;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 60, 5);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.083 130.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62724a',
    500: '#253c05',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253c05;
$custom-light: #62724a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253c05",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 5
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.091,
    "s": 84.615,
    "l": 12.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32497,
    "c": 0.08282,
    "h": 130.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253C05

secondary

#47207D

accent

#2DFB83

background

#F6F6F4

surface

#EBECE7

border

#C6C7C3

text

#050701

muted

#7A7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #253C05

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

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