#48851B#48851B

#48851B is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.149 H 135.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48851B
RGB	rgb(72, 133, 27)
HSL	hsl(95, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(95, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 0%, 79.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.78, -37.96, 47.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.78, 60.52, 128.85°)
OKLab	oklab(55.44% -0.1061 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(55.44% 0.149 135.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.2576, 18.2312, 3.9625)
Luminance	0.1823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48851B #581B85

analogous

#7D851B #48851B #1B8523

triadic

#48851B #1B4885 #851B48

tetradic

#48851B #1B7D85 #581B85 #85231B

square

#48851B #1B7D85 #581B85 #85231B

split-complementary

#48851B #231B85 #851B7D

monochromatic

#111F06 #2C5211 #48851B #64B825 #82D942

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#48851B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#48851B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48851B

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48851B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48851B	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#468071

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48851b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 133, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.149 135.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a961',
    500: '#48851b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48851b;
$custom-light: #81a961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48851b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.528,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55437,
    "c": 0.14912,
    "h": 135.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48851B

secondary

#8744B8

accent

#3FE9A1

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#EFF4EB

border

#CACEC6

text

#0B1005

muted

#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #48851B

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

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