#486D16#486D16

#486D16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.120 H 130.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#486D16
RGB	rgb(72, 109, 22)
HSL	hsl(86, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(86, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 0%, 79.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.80, -27.45, 41.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.80, 49.56, 123.63°)
OKLab	oklab(48.91% -0.0781 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(48.91% 0.12 130.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2859, 12.3726, 2.7105)
Luminance	0.1237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#486D16 #3B166D

analogous

#6D6616 #486D16 #1D6D16

triadic

#486D16 #16486D #6D1648

tetradic

#486D16 #166D66 #3B166D #6D161D

square

#486D16 #166D66 #3B166D #6D161D

split-complementary

#486D16 #161D6D #66166D

monochromatic

#111905 #263A0C #486D16 #6AA020 #8BD32B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#486D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#486D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486D16

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##486D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##486D16	1.00	6.04	3.47	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726403

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D621F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A685D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #486d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 109, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.120 130.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f975b',
    500: '#486d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #486d16;
$custom-light: #7f975b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#486d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.517,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48905,
    "c": 0.1204,
    "h": 130.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#486D16

secondary

#683CA3

accent

#3EE987

background

#F7F9F5

surface

#EEF2E9

border

#C9CCC5

text

#0A0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #486D16

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

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