#478A16#478A16

#478A16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.158 H 135.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478A16
RGB	rgb(71, 138, 22)
HSL	hsl(95, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(95, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.35, -40.66, 50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.35, 64.54, 129.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% -0.1136 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.158 135.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8315, 19.5737, 3.9136)
Luminance	0.1957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#478A16 #59168A

analogous

#818A16 #478A16 #168A1F

triadic

#478A16 #16478A #8A1647

tetradic

#478A16 #16818A #59168A #8A1F16

square

#478A16 #16818A #59168A #8A1F16

split-complementary

#478A16 #1F168A #8A1681

monochromatic

#112005 #2C550E #478A16 #62BF1E #80E03B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#478A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#478A16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478A16

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478A16	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#448575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 138, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.158 135.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ad5f',
    500: '#478a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478a16;
$custom-light: #81ad5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.655,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56712,
    "c": 0.15831,
    "h": 135.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478A16

secondary

#883EBE

accent

#39EFA2

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF4EA

border

#CACEC6

text

#0B1005

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #478A16

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

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