#283C19#283C19

#283C19 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.062 H 133.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#283C19
RGB	rgb(40, 60, 25)
HSL	hsl(94, 41%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(94, 58%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 58.3%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.84, -15.48, 18.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.84, 24.49, 129.20°)
OKLab	oklab(32.95% -0.0428 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(32.95% 0.062 133.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.6663, 3.7529, 1.5034)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Very Dark Green

#062E03

ΔE00 6.77

Hunter Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#283C19 #2D193C

analogous

#3A3C19 #283C19 #193C1C

triadic

#283C19 #19283C #3C1928

tetradic

#283C19 #193A3C #2D193C #3C1C19

square

#283C19 #193A3C #2D193C #3C1C19

split-complementary

#283C19 #1C193C #3C193A

monochromatic

#0E1609 #0E1609 #283C19 #45672B #62923D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.00

#283C19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#283C19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #283C19

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##283C19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##283C19	1.00	12.00	1.75	12.00
#FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C361B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#283A34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #283c19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 60, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.062 133.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#637256',
    500: '#283c19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #283c19;
$custom-light: #637256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#283c19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.286,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32948,
    "c": 0.0624,
    "h": 133.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#283C19

secondary

#5C3F72

accent

#57D19D

background

#F5F6F5

surface

#EAECE9

border

#C6C7C5

text

#050703

muted

#797A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #283C19

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

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