#408C16#408C16

#408C16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.164 H 137.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408C16
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 22)
HSL	hsl(99, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(99, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 0%, 84.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.73, -43.65, 50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.73, 66.64, 130.92°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% -0.1211 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.164 137.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6369, 19.9032, 3.9874)
Luminance	0.1990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408C16 #62168C

analogous

#7B8C16 #408C16 #168C27

triadic

#408C16 #16408C #8C1640

tetradic

#408C16 #167B8C #62168C #8C2716

square

#408C16 #167B8C #62168C #8C2716

split-complementary

#408C16 #27168C #8C167B

monochromatic

#102205 #28570E #408C16 #58C11E #77E03C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#408C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#408C16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408C16

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408C16	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#917F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A8777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.164 137.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eae5f',
    500: '#408c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408c16;
$custom-light: #7eae5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.644,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56943,
    "c": 0.16424,
    "h": 137.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408C16

secondary

#923EC0

accent

#38F0AE

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF4EA

border

#CACEC6

text

#0B1005

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #408C16

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

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