#253F09#253F09

#253F09 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.084 H 132.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#253F09
RGB	rgb(37, 63, 9)
HSL	hsl(89, 75%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(89, 86%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 0%, 85.7%, 75.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.57, -20.08, 27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.57, 34.40, 125.72°)
OKLab	oklab(33.43% -0.0567 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(33.43% 0.084 132.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.5897, 3.9679, 0.8878)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Forrest Green

#154406

ΔE00 4.01

Hunter Green (survey)

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#253F09 #23093F

analogous

#3F3E09 #253F09 #0A3F09

triadic

#253F09 #09253F #3F0925

tetradic

#253F09 #093F3E #23093F #3F090A

square

#253F09 #093F3E #23093F #3F090A

split-complementary

#253F09 #090A3F #3E093F

monochromatic

#101B04 #101B04 #253F09 #447511 #64AA18

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#253F09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#253F09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #253F09

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##253F09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##253F09	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423901

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F370E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#253C35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #253f09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 63, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.084 132.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#62744d',
    500: '#253f09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #253f09;
$custom-light: #62744d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#253f09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.889,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33433,
    "c": 0.08426,
    "h": 132.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#253F09

secondary

#50277D

accent

#36F290

background

#F6F7F4

surface

#EBEDE7

border

#C6C8C3

text

#050801

muted

#7A7B77

Preview Lab

Preview with #253F09

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

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