#48981B#48981B

#48981B is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.173 H 137.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48981B
RGB	rgb(72, 152, 27)
HSL	hsl(98, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(98, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 82.2%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.00, -45.67, 52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.00, 69.93, 130.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% -0.1268 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.173 137.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.0981, 23.9123, 4.9093)
Luminance	0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48981B #6B1B98

analogous

#86981B #48981B #1B982D

triadic

#48981B #1B4898 #981B48

tetradic

#48981B #1B8698 #6B1B98 #982D1B

square

#48981B #1B8698 #6B1B98 #982D1B

split-complementary

#48981B #2D1B98 #981B86

monochromatic

#173009 #2F6412 #48981B #61CC24 #82E04E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#48981B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#48981B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48981B

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48981B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48981B	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#439281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48981b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 152, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.173 137.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b763',
    500: '#48981b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48981b;
$custom-light: #84b763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48981b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.4,
    "s": 69.832,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60557,
    "c": 0.17252,
    "h": 137.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48981B

secondary

#984DC2

accent

#3BEDAD

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1106

muted

#7D807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #48981B

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

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