#2A4517#2A4517

#2A4517 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.079 H 134.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A4517
RGB	rgb(42, 69, 23)
HSL	hsl(95, 50%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(95, 67%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 0%, 66.7%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.19, -19.76, 24.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.19, 31.15, 129.38°)
OKLab	oklab(35.7% -0.0549 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(35.7% 0.079 134.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.2376, 4.8102, 1.5683)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Forrest Green

#154406

ΔE00 4.31

Hunter Green (survey)

#0B4008

ΔE00 4.97

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A4517 #321745

analogous

#414517 #2A4517 #17451B

triadic

#2A4517 #172A45 #45172A

tetradic

#2A4517 #174145 #321745 #451B17

square

#2A4517 #174145 #321745 #451B17

split-complementary

#2A4517 #1B1745 #451741

monochromatic

#0E1708 #0E1708 #2A4517 #467326 #62A136

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#2A4517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#2A4517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A4517

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A4517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A4517	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#483F12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443D1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A423B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a4517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 69, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.079 134.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#667956',
    500: '#2a4517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a4517;
$custom-light: #667956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a4517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.217,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35697,
    "c": 0.07859,
    "h": 134.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A4517

secondary

#613C7C

accent

#4EDAA0

background

#F6F7F5

surface

#EBEDE9

border

#C6C8C5

text

#060903

muted

#7A7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A4517

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

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