#487D16#487D16

#487D16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.141 H 133.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487D16
RGB	rgb(72, 125, 22)
HSL	hsl(91, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(91, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 0%, 82.4%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.11, -34.80, 46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.11, 57.88, 126.96°)
OKLab	oklab(53.24% -0.0979 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(53.24% 0.141 133.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.1507, 16.1023, 3.3321)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#487D16 #4B167D

analogous

#7C7D16 #487D16 #167D18

triadic

#487D16 #16487D #7D1648

tetradic

#487D16 #167C7D #4B167D #7D1816

square

#487D16 #167C7D #4B167D #7D1816

split-complementary

#487D16 #18167D #7D167C

monochromatic

#0F1A05 #2A490D #487D16 #66B11F #84DB32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#487D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#487D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #487D16

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##487D16	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48786A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 125, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.141 133.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80a35d',
    500: '#487d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487d16;
$custom-light: #80a35d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.874,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53242,
    "c": 0.14148,
    "h": 133.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487D16

secondary

#793DB2

accent

#3BED96

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF4E9

border

#CACEC5

text

#0B0F05

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #487D16

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

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