#488B15#488B15

#488B15 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.159 H 135.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488B15
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 21)
HSL	hsl(94, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(94, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 84.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.72, -40.78, 50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.72, 65.10, 128.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.03% -0.114 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(57.03% 0.159 135.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0402, 19.8963, 3.9153)
Luminance	0.1990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#488B15 #58158B

analogous

#838B15 #488B15 #158B1D

triadic

#488B15 #15488B #8B1548

tetradic

#488B15 #15838B #58158B #8B1D15

square

#488B15 #15838B #58158B #8B1D15

split-complementary

#488B15 #1D158B #8B1583

monochromatic

#112105 #2C560D #488B15 #64C01D #82E139

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#488B15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#488B15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488B15

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488B15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488B15	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887924

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#458576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488b15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.159 135.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ad5f',
    500: '#488b15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488b15;
$custom-light: #82ad5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488b15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.068,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57025,
    "c": 0.15944,
    "h": 135.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488B15

secondary

#873DBF

accent

#37F0A0

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF4EA

border

#CACEC6

text

#0B1005

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #488B15

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

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