#253D16#253D16

#253D16 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.069 H 134.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253D16
RGB	rgb(37, 61, 22)
HSL	hsl(97, 47%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(97, 64%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 0%, 63.9%, 76.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.96, -17.73, 20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.96, 27.36, 130.40°)
OKLab	oklab(32.98% -0.0491 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(32.98% 0.069 134.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.5765, 3.7886, 1.3544)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

Forest Green (survey)

#06470C

ΔE00 6.98

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253D16 #2E163D

analogous

#393D16 #253D16 #163D1B

triadic

#253D16 #16253D #3D1625

tetradic

#253D16 #16393D #2E163D #3D1B16

square

#253D16 #16393D #2E163D #3D1B16

split-complementary

#253D16 #1B163D #3D1639

monochromatic

#0E1608 #0E1608 #253D16 #406A26 #5C9736

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#253D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#253D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253D16

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253D16	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3812

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C3619

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#253B34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 61, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.069 134.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#617254',
    500: '#253d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253d16;
$custom-light: #617254;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.923,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32981,
    "c": 0.06949,
    "h": 134.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253D16

secondary

#5E3B74

accent

#51D7A3

background

#F5F6F4

surface

#EAECE7

border

#C6C7C3

text

#050803

muted

#797B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #253D16

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

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