#253E12#253E12

#253E12 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.075 H 133.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253E12
RGB	rgb(37, 62, 18)
HSL	hsl(94, 55%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(94, 71%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 71%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.28, -18.75, 23.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.28, 29.99, 128.70°)
OKLab	oklab(33.23% -0.0522 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(33.23% 0.075 133.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.5947, 3.8821, 1.1848)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Forrest Green

#154406

ΔE00 4.81

Hunter Green (survey)

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253E12 #2B123E

analogous

#3B3E12 #253E12 #123E15

triadic

#253E12 #12253E #3E1225

tetradic

#253E12 #123B3E #2B123E #3E1512

square

#253E12 #123B3E #2B123E #3E1512

split-complementary

#253E12 #15123E #3E123B

monochromatic

#0E1807 #0E1807 #253E12 #416D20 #5E9D2E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#253E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#253E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253E12

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253E12	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41390D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3715

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#253B35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 62, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.075 133.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#627352',
    500: '#253e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253e12;
$custom-light: #627352;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.091,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33225,
    "c": 0.07528,
    "h": 133.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253E12

secondary

#5A3577

accent

#49DE9E

background

#F5F7F4

surface

#EAEDE7

border

#C6C8C3

text

#050802

muted

#797B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #253E12

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

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