#283909#283909

#283909 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.073 H 127.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#283909
RGB	rgb(40, 57, 9)
HSL	hsl(81, 73%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(81, 84%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 0%, 84.2%, 77.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.57, -15.50, 25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.57, 30.19, 120.89°)
OKLab	oklab(31.86% -0.0445 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(31.86% 0.073 127.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.3875, 3.3970, 0.7883)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#283909 #1A0939

analogous

#393209 #283909 #103909

triadic

#283909 #092839 #390928

tetradic

#283909 #093932 #1A0939 #390910

square

#283909 #093932 #1A0939 #390910

split-complementary

#283909 #091039 #320939

monochromatic

#131A04 #131A04 #283909 #4D6E11 #72A31A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#283909 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#283909 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #283909

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##283909	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##283909	1.00	12.50	1.68	12.50
#FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3403

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A330D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A3630

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #283909;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 57, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.073 127.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#646f4c',
    500: '#283909',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #283909;
$custom-light: #646f4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#283909",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.25,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31861,
    "c": 0.07334,
    "h": 127.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#283909

secondary

#432777

accent

#38EF79

background

#F6F6F4

surface

#EBECE7

border

#C6C7C3

text

#050701

muted

#7A7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #283909

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

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