#487B17#487B17

#487B17 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.138 H 133.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487B17
RGB	rgb(72, 123, 23)
HSL	hsl(91, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(91, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 81.3%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.45, -33.86, 45.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.45, 56.57, 126.76°)
OKLab	oklab(52.71% -0.0953 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(52.71% 0.138 133.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.9099, 15.6050, 3.3004)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487B17 #4A177B

analogous

#7A7B17 #487B17 #177B18

triadic

#487B17 #17487B #7B1748

tetradic

#487B17 #177A7B #4A177B #7B1817

square

#487B17 #177A7B #4A177B #7B1817

split-complementary

#487B17 #18177B #7B177A

monochromatic

#0F1A05 #2A470D #487B17 #66AF21 #85D933

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#487B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#487B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #487B17

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##487B17	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)

#796D22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#487669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 123, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.138 133.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a15d',
    500: '#487b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487b17;
$custom-light: #80a15d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.6,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52706,
    "c": 0.1384,
    "h": 133.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487B17

secondary

#783EB0

accent

#3CEB96

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF3E9

border

#CACDC5

text

#0B0F05

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #487B17

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

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