#488C16#488C16

#488C16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.160 H 135.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488C16
RGB	rgb(72, 140, 22)
HSL	hsl(95, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(95, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 84.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.05, -41.14, 50.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.05, 65.35, 129.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% -0.1149 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.16 135.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1951, 20.1910, 4.0136)
Luminance	0.2019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488C16 #5A168C

analogous

#838C16 #488C16 #168C1F

triadic

#488C16 #16488C #8C1648

tetradic

#488C16 #16838C #5A168C #8C1F16

square

#488C16 #16838C #5A168C #8C1F16

split-complementary

#488C16 #1F168C #8C1683

monochromatic

#122205 #2D570E #488C16 #63C11E #82E03C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#488C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#488C16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488C16

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488C16	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#458677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 140, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.160 135.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ae60',
    500: '#488c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488c16;
$custom-light: #82ae60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.576,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.573,
    "c": 0.16024,
    "h": 135.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488C16

secondary

#893EC0

accent

#38F0A2

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF4EA

border

#CACEC6

text

#0B1005

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #488C16

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

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