#478B16#478B16

#478B16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.160 H 135.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478B16
RGB	rgb(71, 139, 22)
HSL	hsl(95, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(95, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.68, -41.06, 50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.68, 65.03, 129.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% -0.1147 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.16 135.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9757, 19.8620, 3.9616)
Luminance	0.1986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#478B16 #5A168B

analogous

#828B16 #478B16 #168B20

triadic

#478B16 #16478B #8B1647

tetradic

#478B16 #16828B #5A168B #8B2016

square

#478B16 #16828B #5A168B #8B2016

split-complementary

#478B16 #20168B #8B1682

monochromatic

#112105 #2C560E #478B16 #62C01E #80E03B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#478B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#478B16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478B16

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478B16	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#448676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 139, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.160 135.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ad5f',
    500: '#478b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478b16;
$custom-light: #81ad5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.872,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56983,
    "c": 0.15954,
    "h": 135.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478B16

secondary

#893EBF

accent

#38EFA3

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF4EA

border

#CACEC6

text

#0B1005

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #478B16

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

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