#478E23#478E23

#478E23 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.156 H 137.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#478E23
RGB	rgb(71, 142, 35)
HSL	hsl(100, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(100, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, -41.51, 47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 62.83, 131.35°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% -0.115 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.156 137.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.5745, 20.8061, 4.9432)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#478E23 #6A238E

analogous

#7D8E23 #478E23 #238E35

triadic

#478E23 #23478E #8E2347

tetradic

#478E23 #237D8E #6A238E #8E3523

square

#478E23 #237D8E #6A238E #8E3523

split-complementary

#478E23 #35238E #8E237D

monochromatic

#162C0B #2E5D17 #478E23 #60BF2F #81D556

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#478E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#478E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #478E23

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##478E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##478E23	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93820E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#438979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #478e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 142, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.156 137.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b066',
    500: '#478e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #478e23;
$custom-light: #81b066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#478e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.813,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57874,
    "c": 0.15648,
    "h": 137.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#478E23

secondary

#9753B9

accent

#44E4AE

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#EFF5EB

border

#CACFC6

text

#0B1006

muted

#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #478E23

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

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