#255B16#255B16

#255B16 is a dark, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.115 H 139.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#255B16
RGB	rgb(37, 91, 22)
HSL	hsl(107, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(107, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 75.8%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.84, -31.99, 32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.84, 45.80, 134.31°)
OKLab	oklab(41.91% -0.0879 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(41.91% 0.115 139.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.6487, 7.9330, 2.0452)
Luminance	0.0793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#255B16 #4C165B

analogous

#475B16 #255B16 #165B2A

triadic

#255B16 #16255B #5B1625

tetradic

#255B16 #16475B #4C165B #5B2A16

square

#255B16 #16475B #4C165B #5B2A16

split-complementary

#255B16 #2A165B #5B1647

monochromatic

#0A1906 #112A0A #255B16 #398C22 #4DBE2E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#255B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#255B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #255B16

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##255B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##255B16	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E520B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574E1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F584D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #255b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 91, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.115 139.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668a58',
    500: '#255b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #255b16;
$custom-light: #668a58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#255b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 106.957,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41905,
    "c": 0.11521,
    "h": 139.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#255B16

secondary

#7F3B92

accent

#44E4C1

background

#F6F8F5

surface

#EBF0E9

border

#C6CBC5

text

#060C03

muted

#7A7D78

Preview Lab

Preview with #255B16

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

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