#488A16#488A16

#488A16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.158 H 135.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488A16
RGB	rgb(72, 138, 22)
HSL	hsl(94, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(94, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 0%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, -40.33, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 64.37, 128.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% -0.1127 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.158 135.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9055, 19.6118, 3.9170)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488A16 #58168A

analogous

#828A16 #488A16 #168A1E

triadic

#488A16 #16488A #8A1648

tetradic

#488A16 #16828A #58168A #8A1E16

square

#488A16 #16828A #58168A #8A1E16

split-complementary

#488A16 #1E168A #8A1682

monochromatic

#112005 #2C550E #488A16 #64BF1E #82E03B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#488A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#488A16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488A16

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488A16	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#468575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 138, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.158 135.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ad5f',
    500: '#488a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488a16;
$custom-light: #82ad5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.138,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5676,
    "c": 0.15779,
    "h": 135.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488A16

secondary

#873EBE

accent

#39EFA0

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF4EA

border

#CACEC6

text

#0B1005

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #488A16

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

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