#488D16#488D16

#488D16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.161 H 135.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D16
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 22)
HSL	hsl(95, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(95, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 84.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, -41.55, 51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 65.84, 129.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% -0.116 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.161 135.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.3419, 20.4846, 4.0625)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D16 #5B168D

analogous

#848D16 #488D16 #168D20

triadic

#488D16 #16488D #8D1648

tetradic

#488D16 #16848D #5B168D #8D2016

square

#488D16 #16848D #5B168D #8D2016

split-complementary

#488D16 #20168D #8D1684

monochromatic

#122305 #2D580E #488D16 #63C21E #82E13D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#488D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#488D16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D16

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D16	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#458778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.161 135.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82af60',
    500: '#488d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d16;
$custom-light: #82af60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.79,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5757,
    "c": 0.16146,
    "h": 135.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D16

secondary

#8A3EC1

accent

#38F0A3

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF4EA

border

#CACEC6

text

#0B1005

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D16

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

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