#253C0A#253C0A

#253C0A is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.079 H 131.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253C0A
RGB	rgb(37, 60, 10)
HSL	hsl(88, 71%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(88, 83%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 0%, 83.3%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.47, -18.44, 26.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.47, 32.20, 124.94°)
OKLab	oklab(32.54% -0.0522 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(32.54% 0.079 131.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.4336, 3.6469, 0.8628)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Forrest Green

#154406

ΔE00 4.98

Hunter Green (survey)

Forest Green (survey)

#06470C

ΔE00 6.90

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253C0A #210A3C

analogous

#3C3A0A #253C0A #0C3C0A

triadic

#253C0A #0A253C #3C0A25

tetradic

#253C0A #0A3C3A #210A3C #3C0A0C

square

#253C0A #0A3C3A #210A3C #3C0A0C

split-complementary

#253C0A #0A0C3C #3A0A3C

monochromatic

#101A04 #101A04 #253C0A #457013 #66A51B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#253C0A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#253C0A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253C0A

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253C0A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253C0A	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3703

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C350F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#263932

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253c0a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 60, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.079 131.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62724d',
    500: '#253c0a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253c0a;
$custom-light: #62724d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253c0a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.6,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3254,
    "c": 0.07901,
    "h": 131.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253C0A

secondary

#4E2879

accent

#3AEE8D

background

#F5F6F4

surface

#EAECE7

border

#C6C7C3

text

#050801

muted

#797B77

Preview Lab

Preview with #253C0A

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

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