#283D15#283D15

#283D15 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.069 H 132.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#283D15
RGB	rgb(40, 61, 21)
HSL	hsl(92, 49%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(92, 66%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 0%, 65.6%, 76.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.14, -16.56, 21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.14, 27.27, 127.39°)
OKLab	oklab(33.18% -0.0462 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(33.18% 0.069 132.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.6791, 3.8427, 1.3099)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Forrest Green

#154406

ΔE00 6.07

Hunter Green (survey)

Forest Green (survey)

#06470C

ΔE00 7.51

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#283D15 #2A153D

analogous

#3C3D15 #283D15 #153D16

triadic

#283D15 #15283D #3D1528

tetradic

#283D15 #153C3D #2A153D #3D1615

square

#283D15 #153C3D #2A153D #3D1615

split-complementary

#283D15 #16153D #3D153C

monochromatic

#0F1708 #0F1708 #283D15 #466B25 #649834

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#283D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#283D15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #283D15

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##283D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##283D15	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403811

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3718

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#293A34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #283d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 61, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.069 132.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#637254',
    500: '#283d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #283d15;
$custom-light: #637254;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#283d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.5,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3318,
    "c": 0.06866,
    "h": 132.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#283D15

secondary

#583975

accent

#4FD897

background

#F6F6F4

surface

#EBECE7

border

#C6C7C3

text

#050802

muted

#7A7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #283D15

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

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