#438B16#438B16

#438B16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.162 H 136.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438B16
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 22)
HSL	hsl(97, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(97, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 0%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.51, -42.34, 50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.51, 65.68, 130.14°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% -0.1178 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.162 136.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6918, 19.7156, 3.9483)
Luminance	0.1972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438B16 #5E168B

analogous

#7E8B16 #438B16 #168B24

triadic

#438B16 #16438B #8B1643

tetradic

#438B16 #167E8B #5E168B #8B2416

square

#438B16 #167E8B #5E168B #8B2416

split-complementary

#438B16 #24168B #8B167E

monochromatic

#102105 #2A560E #438B16 #5CC01E #7BE03B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#438B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#438B16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438B16

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438B16	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F8676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.162 136.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fad5f',
    500: '#438b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438b16;
$custom-light: #7fad5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.923,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.568,
    "c": 0.16156,
    "h": 136.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438B16

secondary

#8D3EBF

accent

#38EFA9

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF4EA

border

#CACEC6

text

#0B1005

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #438B16

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

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