#488E23#488E23

#488E23 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.156 H 137.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488E23
RGB	rgb(72, 142, 35)
HSL	hsl(99, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(99, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 0%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, -41.19, 47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 62.66, 131.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% -0.1142 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.156 137.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.6485, 20.8442, 4.9466)
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

#488E23 #69238E

analogous

#7E8E23 #488E23 #238E33

triadic

#488E23 #23488E #8E2348

tetradic

#488E23 #237E8E #69238E #8E3323

square

#488E23 #237E8E #69238E #8E3323

split-complementary

#488E23 #33238E #8E237E

monochromatic

#162C0B #2F5D17 #488E23 #61BF2F #82D556

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#488E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#488E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488E23

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488E23	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)

#93820E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#448979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 142, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.156 137.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82b066',
    500: '#488e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488e23;
$custom-light: #82b066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.252,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5792,
    "c": 0.15597,
    "h": 137.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488E23

secondary

#9653B9

accent

#44E4AC

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#EFF5EB

border

#CACFC6

text

#0B1006

muted

#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #488E23

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

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