#283D12#283D12

#283D12 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.072 H 131.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#283D12
RGB	rgb(40, 61, 18)
HSL	hsl(89, 54%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(89, 70%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 0%, 70.5%, 76.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.11, -16.90, 23.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.11, 28.76, 125.99°)
OKLab	oklab(33.14% -0.0474 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(33.14% 0.072 131.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.6530, 3.8322, 1.1721)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Forrest Green

#154406

ΔE00 5.72

Hunter Green (survey)

Forest Green (survey)

#06470C

ΔE00 7.35

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#283D12 #27123D

analogous

#3D3C12 #283D12 #133D12

triadic

#283D12 #12283D #3D1228

tetradic

#283D12 #123D3C #27123D #3D1213

square

#283D12 #123D3C #27123D #3D1213

split-complementary

#283D12 #12133D #3C123D

monochromatic

#0F1807 #0F1807 #283D12 #476C20 #669C2E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#283D12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#283D12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #283D12

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##283D12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##283D12	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40380D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3715

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#293A34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #283d12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 61, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.072 131.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#647252',
    500: '#283d12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #283d12;
$custom-light: #647252;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#283d12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.302,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 15.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33139,
    "c": 0.07176,
    "h": 131.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#283D12

secondary

#553576

accent

#4ADE92

background

#F6F6F4

surface

#EBECE7

border

#C6C7C3

text

#050802

muted

#7A7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #283D12

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

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