#488B16#488B16

#488B16 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	#488B16
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 22)
HSL	hsl(94, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(94, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.72, -40.74, 50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.72, 64.86, 128.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.03% -0.1138 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(57.03% 0.159 135.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0496, 19.9001, 3.9651)
Luminance	0.1990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488B16 #59168B

analogous

#838B16 #488B16 #168B1F

triadic

#488B16 #16488B #8B1648

tetradic

#488B16 #16838B #59168B #8B1F16

square

#488B16 #16838B #59168B #8B1F16

split-complementary

#488B16 #1F168B #8B1683

monochromatic

#112105 #2D560E #488B16 #63C01E #82E03B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#488B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#488B16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488B16

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488B16	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)

#877925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#458576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.159 135.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ad5f',
    500: '#488b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488b16;
$custom-light: #82ad5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.359,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5703,
    "c": 0.15902,
    "h": 135.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488B16

secondary

#883EBF

accent

#38EFA1

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF4EA

border

#CACEC6

text

#0B1005

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #488B16

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

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