#273C12#273C12

#273C12 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.071 H 131.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#273C12
RGB	rgb(39, 60, 18)
HSL	hsl(90, 54%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(90, 70%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 0%, 70%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.68, -16.80, 22.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.68, 28.30, 126.42°)
OKLab	oklab(32.77% -0.047 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(32.77% 0.071 131.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.5617, 3.7066, 1.1526)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Forrest Green

#154406

ΔE00 5.89

Hunter Green (survey)

Forest Green (survey)

#06470C

ΔE00 7.47

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#273C12 #27123C

analogous

#3C3C12 #273C12 #123C12

triadic

#273C12 #12273C #3C1227

tetradic

#273C12 #123C3C #27123C #3C1212

square

#273C12 #123C3C #27123C #3C1212

split-complementary

#273C12 #12123C #3C123C

monochromatic

#0F1807 #0F1807 #273C12 #466B20 #649A2E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#273C12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#273C12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #273C12

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##273C12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##273C12	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F370D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C3615

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#283933

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #273c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 60, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.071 131.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#637252',
    500: '#273c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #273c12;
$custom-light: #637252;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#273c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3277,
    "c": 0.07074,
    "h": 131.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#273C12

secondary

#553575

accent

#4BDD94

background

#F6F6F4

surface

#EBECE7

border

#C6C7C3

text

#050702

muted

#7A7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #273C12

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

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