#2B4513#2B4513

#2B4513 is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.082 H 132.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B4513
RGB	rgb(43, 69, 19)
HSL	hsl(91, 57%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(91, 72%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 0%, 72.5%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.21, -19.77, 26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.21, 32.82, 127.04°)
OKLab	oklab(35.72% -0.0554 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(35.72% 0.082 132.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.2419, 4.8167, 1.3749)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Forrest Green

#154406

ΔE00 4.17

Hunter Green (survey)

Forest Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B4513 #2D1345

analogous

#444513 #2B4513 #134514

triadic

#2B4513 #132B45 #45132B

tetradic

#2B4513 #134445 #2D1345 #451413

square

#2B4513 #134445 #2D1345 #451413

split-complementary

#2B4513 #141345 #451344

monochromatic

#0F1807 #0F1807 #2B4513 #497520 #67A52D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#2B4513 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#2B4513 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B4513

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B4513	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B4513	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)

#483F0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443D17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B423B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b4513;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 69, 19);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.082 132.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#677953',
    500: '#2b4513',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b4513;
$custom-light: #677953;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b4513",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 19
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.2,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35715,
    "c": 0.08178,
    "h": 132.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B4513

secondary

#5B367E

accent

#48E097

background

#F6F7F4

surface

#EBEDE7

border

#C6C8C3

text

#060902

muted

#7A7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B4513

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

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