#488D21#488D21

#488D21 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.156 H 136.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488D21
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 33)
HSL	hsl(98, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(98, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 76.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, -40.92, 47.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 62.78, 130.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% -0.1136 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.156 136.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.4715, 20.5364, 4.7453)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488D21 #66218D

analogous

#7E8D21 #488D21 #218D30

triadic

#488D21 #21488D #8D2148

tetradic

#488D21 #217E8D #66218D #8D3021

square

#488D21 #217E8D #66218D #8D3021

split-complementary

#488D21 #30218D #8D217E

monochromatic

#152A0A #2F5B15 #488D21 #61BF2D #82D652

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#488D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#488D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488D21

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488D21	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92810A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#448878

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.156 136.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82af64',
    500: '#488d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488d21;
$custom-light: #82af64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57636,
    "c": 0.1559,
    "h": 136.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488D21

secondary

#9450BA

accent

#43E5AA

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#EFF4EB

border

#CACEC6

text

#0B1006

muted

#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #488D21

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

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