#408B16#408B16

#408B16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.163 H 137.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408B16
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 22)
HSL	hsl(98, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(98, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 0%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, -43.26, 50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 66.16, 130.84°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% -0.1201 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.163 137.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4914, 19.6123, 3.9389)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408B16 #61168B

analogous

#7B8B16 #408B16 #168B27

triadic

#408B16 #16408B #8B1640

tetradic

#408B16 #167B8B #61168B #8B2716

square

#408B16 #167B8B #61168B #8B2716

split-complementary

#408B16 #27168B #8B167B

monochromatic

#0F2105 #28560E #408B16 #58C01E #76E03B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#408B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#408B16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408B16

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408B16	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B8676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.163 137.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dad5f',
    500: '#408b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408b16;
$custom-light: #7dad5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.462,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56669,
    "c": 0.16304,
    "h": 137.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408B16

secondary

#913EBF

accent

#38EFAE

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF4EA

border

#CACEC6

text

#0B1005

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #408B16

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

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