#253E09#253E09

#253E09 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.083 H 131.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253E09
RGB	rgb(37, 62, 9)
HSL	hsl(88, 75%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(88, 85%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 85.5%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.20, -19.57, 27.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.20, 33.80, 125.37°)
OKLab	oklab(33.13% -0.0553 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(33.13% 0.083 131.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.5349, 3.8582, 0.8695)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Forrest Green

#154406

ΔE00 4.31

Hunter Green (survey)

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253E09 #22093E

analogous

#3E3D09 #253E09 #0B3E09

triadic

#253E09 #09253E #3E0925

tetradic

#253E09 #093E3D #22093E #3E090B

square

#253E09 #093E3D #22093E #3E090B

split-complementary

#253E09 #090B3E #3D093E

monochromatic

#101B04 #101B04 #253E09 #457311 #65A919

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#253E09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#253E09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253E09

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253E09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253E09	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413902

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E370E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#263B34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253e09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 62, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.083 131.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62734d',
    500: '#253e09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253e09;
$custom-light: #62734d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253e09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.302,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33133,
    "c": 0.08277,
    "h": 131.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253E09

secondary

#4F277C

accent

#37F18F

background

#F6F7F4

surface

#EBEDE7

border

#C6C8C3

text

#050801

muted

#7A7B77

Preview Lab

Preview with #253E09

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

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