#283E09#283E09

#283E09 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.081 H 129.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#283E09
RGB	rgb(40, 62, 9)
HSL	hsl(85, 75%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(85, 85%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 0%, 85.5%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.39, -18.24, 27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.39, 33.26, 123.25°)
OKLab	oklab(33.34% -0.0519 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(33.34% 0.081 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.6470, 3.9160, 0.8748)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

Forest Green (survey)

#06470C

ΔE00 7.06

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#283E09 #1F093E

analogous

#3E3A09 #283E09 #0E3E09

triadic

#283E09 #09283E #3E0928

tetradic

#283E09 #093E3A #1F093E #3E090E

square

#283E09 #093E3A #1F093E #3E090E

split-complementary

#283E09 #090E3E #3A093E

monochromatic

#111B04 #111B04 #283E09 #4A7311 #6DA919

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#283E09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#283E09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #283E09

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##283E09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##283E09	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413902

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E370E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#293B34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #283e09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 62, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.081 129.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64734d',
    500: '#283e09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #283e09;
$custom-light: #64734d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#283e09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.906,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33344,
    "c": 0.08091,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#283E09

secondary

#4A277C

accent

#37F184

background

#F6F7F4

surface

#EBEDE7

border

#C6C8C3

text

#060801

muted

#7A7B77

Preview Lab

Preview with #283E09

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

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