#487B16#487B16

#487B16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.139 H 133.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487B16
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 22)
HSL	hsl(90, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(90, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 82.1%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.45, -33.91, 45.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.45, 56.86, 126.62°)
OKLab	oklab(52.7% -0.0955 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(52.7% 0.139 133.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.9001, 15.6011, 3.2486)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487B16 #49167B

analogous

#7A7B16 #487B16 #167B16

triadic

#487B16 #16487B #7B1648

tetradic

#487B16 #167A7B #49167B #7B1616

square

#487B16 #167A7B #49167B #7B1616

split-complementary

#487B16 #16167B #7B167A

monochromatic

#0F1A05 #2A470D #487B16 #66AF1F #85DA31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#487B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#487B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #487B16

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##487B16	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#487668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.139 133.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a15d',
    500: '#487b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487b16;
$custom-light: #80a15d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.297,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.527,
    "c": 0.13891,
    "h": 133.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487B16

secondary

#773DB0

accent

#3BEC95

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF3E9

border

#CACDC5

text

#0B0F05

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #487B16

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

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