#478E16#478E16

#478E16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.163 H 136.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478E16
RGB	rgb(71, 142, 22)
HSL	hsl(96, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(96, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, -42.28, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 66.48, 129.49°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% -0.1179 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.163 136.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.4160, 20.7427, 4.1084)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#478E16 #5D168E

analogous

#838E16 #478E16 #168E21

triadic

#478E16 #16478E #8E1647

tetradic

#478E16 #16838E #5D168E #8E2116

square

#478E16 #16838E #5D168E #8E2116

split-complementary

#478E16 #21168E #8E1683

monochromatic

#122406 #2D590E #478E16 #61C31E #80E13D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#478E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#478E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478E16

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478E16	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#438879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 142, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.163 136.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b060',
    500: '#478e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478e16;
$custom-light: #82b060;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57794,
    "c": 0.16318,
    "h": 136.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478E16

secondary

#8C3FC1

accent

#38F0A5

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#EFF5EB

border

#CACFC6

text

#0B1005

muted

#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #478E16

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

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