#486E16#486E16

#486E16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.122 H 130.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#486E16
RGBrgb(72, 110, 22)
HSLhsl(86, 67%, 26%)
HSVhsv(86, 80%, 43%)
CMYKcmyk(34.5%, 0%, 80%, 56.9%)
CIE-LABlab(42.13, -27.92, 41.58)
CIE-LCHlch(42.13, 50.09, 123.89°)
OKLaboklab(49.18% -0.0794 0.0923)
OKLCHoklch(49.18% 0.122 130.7)
XYZxyz(8.3932, 12.5872, 2.7463)
Luminance0.1259 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#486E16 #3C166E
analogous
#6E6816 #486E16 #1C6E16
triadic
#486E16 #16486E #6E1648
tetradic
#486E16 #166E68 #3C166E #6E161C
square
#486E16 #166E68 #3C166E #6E161C
split-complementary
#486E16 #161C6E #68166E
monochromatic
#111A05 #273B0C #486E16 #69A120 #8BD42A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97
#486E16 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52
#486E16 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #486E16
5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##486E16#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##486E161.005.973.525.97
#FFFFFF5.971.0021.001.00
#0000003.5221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.971.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#736502
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6E621F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4A695D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #486e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 110, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.122 130.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f985b',
    500: '#486e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #486e16;
$custom-light: #7f985b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#486e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.909,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49176,
    "c": 0.12176,
    "h": 130.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#486E16
secondary
#693CA4
accent
#3EEA88
background
#F8F9F5
surface
#EFF2E9
border
#CACCC5
text
#0A0D04
muted
#7C7E79

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#486E16 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva