#488B22#488B22

#488B22 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.153 H 136.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488B22
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(98, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(98, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.79, -40.02, 46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.79, 61.43, 130.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% -0.1112 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.153 136.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.1935, 19.9576, 4.7228)
Luminance	0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488B22 #65228B

analogous

#7D8B22 #488B22 #228B31

triadic

#488B22 #22488B #8B2248

tetradic

#488B22 #227D8B #65228B #8B3122

square

#488B22 #227D8B #65228B #8B3122

split-complementary

#488B22 #31228B #8B227D

monochromatic

#15290A #2F5A16 #488B22 #61BC2E #82D553

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#488B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#488B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488B22

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488B22	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)

#907F0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#458677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.153 136.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ad65',
    500: '#488b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488b22;
$custom-light: #82ad65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57105,
    "c": 0.15275,
    "h": 136.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488B22

secondary

#9350B8

accent

#44E4AA

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#EFF4EB

border

#CACEC6

text

#0B1006

muted

#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #488B22

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

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