#408C17#408C17

#408C17 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.164 H 137.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408C17
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 23)
HSL	hsl(99, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(99, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 0%, 83.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.73, -43.60, 50.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.73, 66.40, 131.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% -0.1209 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.164 137.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6467, 19.9071, 4.0392)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408C17 #63178C

analogous

#7B8C17 #408C17 #178C28

triadic

#408C17 #17408C #8C1740

tetradic

#408C17 #177B8C #63178C #8C2817

square

#408C17 #177B8C #63178C #8C2817

split-complementary

#408C17 #28178C #8C177B

monochromatic

#102306 #28570E #408C17 #58C120 #77DF3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#408C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#408C17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408C17

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408C17	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)

#877926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A8777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.164 137.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eae60',
    500: '#408c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408c17;
$custom-light: #7eae60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.974,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56948,
    "c": 0.1638,
    "h": 137.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408C17

secondary

#933FBF

accent

#39EFAF

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF4EA

border

#CACEC6

text

#0B1005

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #408C17

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

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