#253D09#253D09

#253D09 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.081 H 131.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253D09
RGB	rgb(37, 61, 9)
HSL	hsl(88, 74%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(88, 85%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 0%, 85.2%, 76.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.83, -19.04, 27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.83, 33.19, 125.02°)
OKLab	oklab(32.83% -0.0539 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(32.83% 0.081 131.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.4810, 3.7504, 0.8516)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Forrest Green

#154406

ΔE00 4.62

Hunter Green (survey)

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253D09 #21093D

analogous

#3D3B09 #253D09 #0B3D09

triadic

#253D09 #09253D #3D0925

tetradic

#253D09 #093D3B #21093D #3D090B

square

#253D09 #093D3B #21093D #3D090B

split-complementary

#253D09 #090B3D #3B093D

monochromatic

#101B04 #101B04 #253D09 #457211 #66A819

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.00

#253D09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#253D09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253D09

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253D09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253D09	1.00	12.00	1.75	12.00
#FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403802

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D360E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#263A33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253d09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 61, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.081 131.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62724d',
    500: '#253d09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253d09;
$custom-light: #62724d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253d09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.692,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32832,
    "c": 0.08127,
    "h": 131.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253D09

secondary

#4E277B

accent

#37F18D

background

#F5F6F4

surface

#EAECE7

border

#C6C7C3

text

#050801

muted

#797B77

Preview Lab

Preview with #253D09

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

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