#488B21#488B21

#488B21 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.153 H 136.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488B21
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 33)
HSL	hsl(98, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(98, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.78, -40.09, 46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.78, 61.75, 130.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% -0.1114 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.153 136.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.1793, 19.9520, 4.6479)
Luminance	0.1995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488B21 #64218B

analogous

#7D8B21 #488B21 #218B2F

triadic

#488B21 #21488B #8B2148

tetradic

#488B21 #217D8B #64218B #8B2F21

square

#488B21 #217D8B #64218B #8B2F21

split-complementary

#488B21 #2F218B #8B217D

monochromatic

#15280A #2E5A15 #488B21 #62BC2D #82D651

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#488B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#488B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488B21

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488B21	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#458677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.153 136.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ad64',
    500: '#488b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488b21;
$custom-light: #82ad64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.925,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57097,
    "c": 0.15336,
    "h": 136.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488B21

secondary

#924FB9

accent

#43E5A9

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#EFF4EB

border

#CACEC6

text

#0B1006

muted

#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #488B21

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

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