#487E11#487E11

#487E11 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.145 H 133.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487E11
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 17)
HSL	hsl(90, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(90, 87%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 0%, 86.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.42, -35.47, 47.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.42, 59.67, 126.48°)
OKLab	oklab(53.49% -0.1 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(53.49% 0.145 133.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2344, 16.3394, 3.1448)
Luminance	0.1634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#487E11 #47117E

analogous

#7E7D11 #487E11 #117E11

triadic

#487E11 #11487E #7E1148

tetradic

#487E11 #117E7D #47117E #7E1111

square

#487E11 #117E7D #47117E #7E1111

split-complementary

#487E11 #11117E #7D117E

monochromatic

#0F1B04 #29480A #487E11 #67B418 #86E227

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#487E11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#487E11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #487E11

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487E11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##487E11	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48796B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #487e11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.145 133.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a45b',
    500: '#487e11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487e11;
$custom-light: #81a45b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487e11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.725,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53487,
    "c": 0.14501,
    "h": 133.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487E11

secondary

#7537B4

accent

#35F393

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF4E9

border

#CACEC5

text

#0B0F04

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #487E11

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

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