#487E12#487E12

#487E12 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.145 H 133.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#487E12
RGB	rgb(72, 126, 18)
HSL	hsl(90, 75%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(90, 86%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 0%, 85.7%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.42, -35.43, 47.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.42, 59.43, 126.60°)
OKLab	oklab(53.49% -0.0998 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(53.49% 0.145 133.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2424, 16.3426, 3.1869)
Luminance	0.1634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#487E12 #48127E

analogous

#7E7E12 #487E12 #127E12

triadic

#487E12 #12487E #7E1248

tetradic

#487E12 #127E7E #48127E #7E1212

square

#487E12 #127E7E #48127E #7E1212

split-complementary

#487E12 #12127E #7E127E

monochromatic

#0F1B04 #29480A #487E12 #67B41A #85E12A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#487E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#487E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #487E12

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##487E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##487E12	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: #487e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 126, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.145 133.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a45c',
    500: '#487e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #487e12;
$custom-light: #81a45c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#487e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53492,
    "c": 0.1446,
    "h": 133.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#487E12

secondary

#7638B4

accent

#36F294

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF4E9

border

#CACEC5

text

#0B0F04

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #487E12

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

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