#283C09#283C09

#283C09 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.078 H 129.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#283C09
RGB	rgb(40, 60, 9)
HSL	hsl(84, 74%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(84, 85%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 85%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.66, -17.16, 27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.66, 32.05, 122.37°)
OKLab	oklab(32.75% -0.049 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(32.75% 0.078 129)
XYZ	xyz(2.5402, 3.7025, 0.8392)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#283C09 #1D093C

analogous

#3C3609 #283C09 #0E3C09

triadic

#283C09 #09283C #3C0928

tetradic

#283C09 #093C36 #1D093C #3C090E

square

#283C09 #093C36 #1D093C #3C090E

split-complementary

#283C09 #090E3C #36093C

monochromatic

#121B04 #121B04 #283C09 #4B7111 #6FA619

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#283C09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#283C09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #283C09

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##283C09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##283C09	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)

#3F3702

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D360E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A3932

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #283c09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 60, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.078 129.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64714c',
    500: '#283c09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #283c09;
$custom-light: #64714c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#283c09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.529,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3275,
    "c": 0.0779,
    "h": 129
  },
  "luminance": 0.03703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#283C09

secondary

#47277A

accent

#37F180

background

#F6F6F4

surface

#EBECE7

border

#C6C7C3

text

#060701

muted

#7A7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #283C09

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

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