#488E21#488E21

#488E21 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.157 H 136.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E21
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 33)
HSL	hsl(99, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(99, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 76.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, -41.33, 47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 63.29, 130.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% -0.1147 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.157 136.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.6196, 20.8327, 4.7947)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E21 #67218E

analogous

#7F8E21 #488E21 #218E31

triadic

#488E21 #21488E #8E2148

tetradic

#488E21 #217F8E #67218E #8E3121

square

#488E21 #217F8E #67218E #8E3121

split-complementary

#488E21 #31218E #8E217F

monochromatic

#162B0A #2F5C15 #488E21 #61C02D #82D752

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#488E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#488E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E21

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E21	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938209

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#448979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.157 136.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b065',
    500: '#488e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e21;
$custom-light: #82b065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.532,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57905,
    "c": 0.15716,
    "h": 136.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E21

secondary

#9450BA

accent

#42E5AB

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#EFF5EB

border

#CACFC6

text

#0B1006

muted

#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E21

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

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