#283D14#283D14

#283D14 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.070 H 131.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#283D14
RGB	rgb(40, 61, 20)
HSL	hsl(91, 51%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(91, 67%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 0%, 67.2%, 76.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.13, -16.68, 22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.13, 27.77, 126.91°)
OKLab	oklab(33.17% -0.0466 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(33.17% 0.07 131.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.6700, 3.8390, 1.2620)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Forrest Green

#154406

ΔE00 5.94

Hunter Green (survey)

Forest Green (survey)

#06470C

ΔE00 7.45

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#283D14 #29143D

analogous

#3C3D14 #283D14 #143D14

triadic

#283D14 #14283D #3D1428

tetradic

#283D14 #143C3D #29143D #3D1414

square

#283D14 #143C3D #29143D #3D1414

split-complementary

#283D14 #14143D #3D143C

monochromatic

#0F1708 #0F1708 #283D14 #466B23 #649932

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#283D14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#283D14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #283D14

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##283D14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##283D14	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403810

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3717

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#293A34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #283d14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 61, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.070 131.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#647253',
    500: '#283d14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #283d14;
$custom-light: #647253;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#283d14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.732,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33166,
    "c": 0.06972,
    "h": 131.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#283D14

secondary

#573875

accent

#4EDA96

background

#F6F6F4

surface

#EBECE7

border

#C6C7C3

text

#050802

muted

#7A7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #283D14

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

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