#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
RGB	rgb(72, 110, 22)
HSL	hsl(86, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(86, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 80%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.13, -27.92, 41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.13, 50.09, 123.89°)
OKLab	oklab(49.18% -0.0794 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(49.18% 0.122 130.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3932, 12.5872, 2.7463)
Luminance	0.1259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-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
##486E16	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #486E16

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →