#284B16#284B16

#284B16 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.090 H 136.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#284B16
RGB	rgb(40, 75, 22)
HSL	hsl(100, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(100, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 0%, 70.7%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.22, -23.71, 26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.22, 35.81, 131.46°)
OKLab	oklab(37.33% -0.0656 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(37.33% 0.09 136.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.5359, 5.5410, 1.6421)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Forrest Green

#154406

ΔE00 3.41

Forest Green (survey)

Hunter Green (survey)

#0B4008

ΔE00 4.69

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#284B16 #39164B

analogous

#434B16 #284B16 #164B1F

triadic

#284B16 #16284B #4B1628

tetradic

#284B16 #16434B #39164B #4B1F16

square

#284B16 #16434B #39164B #4B1F16

split-complementary

#284B16 #1F164B #4B1643

monochromatic

#0D1807 #0F1C08 #284B16 #417A24 #5AAA32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#284B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#284B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #284B16

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##284B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##284B16	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E440F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49411A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #284b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 75, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.090 136.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#657d56',
    500: '#284b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #284b16;
$custom-light: #657d56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#284b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.623,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37325,
    "c": 0.09028,
    "h": 136.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#284B16

secondary

#6A3A83

accent

#4ADEAC

background

#F6F7F5

surface

#EBEEE9

border

#C6C9C5

text

#060A03

muted

#7A7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #284B16

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

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