#488B23#488B23

#488B23 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.152 H 136.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488B23
RGB	rgb(72, 139, 35)
HSL	hsl(99, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(99, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.80, -39.95, 46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.80, 61.11, 130.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% -0.1109 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.152 136.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.2081, 19.9635, 4.7998)
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

#488B23 #66238B

analogous

#7C8B23 #488B23 #238B32

triadic

#488B23 #23488B #8B2348

tetradic

#488B23 #237C8B #66238B #8B3223

square

#488B23 #237C8B #66238B #8B3223

split-complementary

#488B23 #32238B #8B237C

monochromatic

#15290A #2F5A17 #488B23 #61BC2F #82D454

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#488B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#488B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488B23

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488B23	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)

#907F10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#448677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 139, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.152 136.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ad65',
    500: '#488b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488b23;
$custom-light: #81ad65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.654,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57112,
    "c": 0.15213,
    "h": 136.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488B23

secondary

#9452B8

accent

#45E3AB

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#EFF4EB

border

#CACEC6

text

#0B1006

muted

#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #488B23

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

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