#253E16#253E16

#253E16 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.071 H 135.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253E16
RGB	rgb(37, 62, 22)
HSL	hsl(98, 48%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(98, 65%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 64.5%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.33, -18.27, 21.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.33, 28.03, 130.68°)
OKLab	oklab(33.28% -0.0506 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(33.28% 0.071 135.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.6303, 3.8964, 1.3724)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

Forest Green (survey)

#06470C

ΔE00 6.62

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253E16 #2F163E

analogous

#393E16 #253E16 #163E1B

triadic

#253E16 #16253E #3E1625

tetradic

#253E16 #16393E #2F163E #3E1B16

square

#253E16 #16393E #2F163E #3E1B16

split-complementary

#253E16 #1B163E #3E1639

monochromatic

#0D1708 #0D1708 #253E16 #406B26 #5B9836

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#253E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#253E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253E16

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253E16	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403912

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3719

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#253C35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 62, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.071 135.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#617354',
    500: '#253e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253e16;
$custom-light: #617354;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33279,
    "c": 0.07119,
    "h": 135.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253E16

secondary

#5F3B75

accent

#51D7A5

background

#F5F7F4

surface

#EAEDE8

border

#C6C8C4

text

#050803

muted

#797B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #253E16

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

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