#408E16#408E16

#408E16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.167 H 137.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408E16
RGB	rgb(64, 142, 22)
HSL	hsl(99, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(99, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 0%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, -44.43, 50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 67.61, 131.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% -0.1232 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.167 137.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.9318, 20.4930, 4.0857)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408E16 #64168E

analogous

#7C8E16 #408E16 #168E28

triadic

#408E16 #16408E #8E1640

tetradic

#408E16 #167C8E #64168E #8E2816

square

#408E16 #167C8E #64168E #8E2816

split-complementary

#408E16 #28168E #8E167C

monochromatic

#102406 #28590E #408E16 #58C31E #77E13D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#408E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#408E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408E16

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408E16	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A8979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 142, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.167 137.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb060',
    500: '#408e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408e16;
$custom-light: #7eb060;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57489,
    "c": 0.16662,
    "h": 137.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408E16

secondary

#933FC1

accent

#38F0AF

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF5EA

border

#CACFC6

text

#0B1005

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #408E16

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

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