#488E22#488E22

#488E22 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.157 H 137.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E22
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 34)
HSL	hsl(99, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(99, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, -41.26, 47.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 62.98, 130.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% -0.1145 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.157 137)
XYZ	xyz(12.6338, 20.8384, 4.8695)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488E22 #68228E

analogous

#7E8E22 #488E22 #228E32

triadic

#488E22 #22488E #8E2248

tetradic

#488E22 #227E8E #68228E #8E3222

square

#488E22 #227E8E #68228E #8E3222

split-complementary

#488E22 #32228E #8E227E

monochromatic

#162B0A #2F5D16 #488E22 #61BF2E #82D654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#488E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#488E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E22

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E22	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)

#93820C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#448979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.157 137.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b065',
    500: '#488e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e22;
$custom-light: #82b065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.889,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57912,
    "c": 0.15658,
    "h": 137
  },
  "luminance": 0.20839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E22

secondary

#9552BA

accent

#43E4AC

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#EFF5EB

border

#CACFC6

text

#0B1006

muted

#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E22

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

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