#283C12#283C12

#283C12 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.070 H 130.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#283C12
RGB	rgb(40, 60, 18)
HSL	hsl(89, 54%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(89, 70%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 70%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.75, -16.35, 22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.75, 28.11, 125.57°)
OKLab	oklab(32.84% -0.0459 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(32.84% 0.07 130.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.6001, 3.7264, 1.1544)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Forrest Green

#154406

ΔE00 6.09

Hunter Green (survey)

Forest Green (survey)

#06470C

ΔE00 7.70

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#283C12 #26123C

analogous

#3C3B12 #283C12 #133C12

triadic

#283C12 #12283C #3C1228

tetradic

#283C12 #123C3B #26123C #3C1213

square

#283C12 #123C3B #26123C #3C1213

split-complementary

#283C12 #12133C #3B123C

monochromatic

#101807 #101807 #283C12 #476B20 #679A2E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#283C12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#283C12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #283C12

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##283C12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##283C12	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F370D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C3615

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#293933

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #283c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 60, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.070 130.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#647252',
    500: '#283c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #283c12;
$custom-light: #647252;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#283c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.571,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32844,
    "c": 0.07011,
    "h": 130.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#283C12

secondary

#533575

accent

#4BDD90

background

#F6F6F4

surface

#EBECE7

border

#C6C7C3

text

#050702

muted

#7A7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #283C12

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

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