#408B17#408B17

#408B17 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.163 H 137.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408B17
RGB	rgb(64, 139, 23)
HSL	hsl(99, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(99, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 0%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, -43.21, 49.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 65.91, 130.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% -0.1199 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.163 137.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5012, 19.6162, 3.9907)
Luminance	0.1962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408B17 #62178B

analogous

#7A8B17 #408B17 #178B28

triadic

#408B17 #17408B #8B1740

tetradic

#408B17 #177A8B #62178B #8B2817

square

#408B17 #177A8B #62178B #8B2817

split-complementary

#408B17 #28178B #8B177A

monochromatic

#102206 #28560E #408B17 #58C020 #77DF3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#408B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#408B17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408B17

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408B17	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: #408b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 139, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.163 137.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dad60',
    500: '#408b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408b17;
$custom-light: #7dad60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.793,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56675,
    "c": 0.16259,
    "h": 137.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408B17

secondary

#923FBF

accent

#39EEAE

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF4EA

border

#CACEC6

text

#0B1005

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #408B17

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

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