#283F16#283F16

#283F16 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.071 H 133.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#283F16
RGB	rgb(40, 63, 22)
HSL	hsl(94, 48%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(94, 65%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.5%, 0%, 65.1%, 75.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.88, -17.53, 21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.88, 28.09, 128.61°)
OKLab	oklab(33.78% -0.0487 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(33.78% 0.071 133.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.7973, 4.0640, 1.3959)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Forrest Green

#154406

ΔE00 5.51

Hunter Green (survey)

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#283F16 #2D163F

analogous

#3D3F16 #283F16 #163F19

triadic

#283F16 #16283F #3F1628

tetradic

#283F16 #163D3F #2D163F #3F1916

square

#283F16 #163D3F #2D163F #3F1916

split-complementary

#283F16 #19163F #3F163D

monochromatic

#0E1708 #0E1708 #283F16 #456C26 #629A36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#283F16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#283F16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #283F16

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##283F16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##283F16	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423A12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3819

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#283C36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #283f16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 63, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.071 133.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#647455',
    500: '#283f16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #283f16;
$custom-light: #647455;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#283f16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.659,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33783,
    "c": 0.07096,
    "h": 133.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#283F16

secondary

#5C3B76

accent

#50D89C

background

#F6F7F4

surface

#EBEDE8

border

#C6C8C4

text

#050803

muted

#7A7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #283F16

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

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