#48991B#48991B

#48991B is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.174 H 137.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48991B
RGBrgb(72, 153, 27)
HSLhsl(99, 70%, 35%)
HSVhsv(99, 82%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(52.9%, 0%, 82.4%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(56.33, -46.06, 53.25)
CIE-LCHlch(56.33, 70.41, 130.86°)
OKLaboklab(60.83% -0.1278 0.1176)
OKLCHoklch(60.83% 0.174 137.4)
XYZxyz(14.2611, 24.2382, 4.9637)
Luminance0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48991B #6C1B99
analogous
#87991B #48991B #1B992D
triadic
#48991B #1B4899 #991B48
tetradic
#48991B #1B8799 #6C1B99 #992D1B
square
#48991B #1B8799 #6C1B99 #992D1B
split-complementary
#48991B #2D1B99 #991B87
monochromatic
#173109 #306512 #48991B #60CD24 #82E04F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59
#48991B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85
#48991B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48991B
5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48991B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48991B1.003.595.855.85
#FFFFFF3.591.0021.0021.00
#0000005.8521.001.001.00
##0000005.8521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9E8B00
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#94852A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#429382
Achromatopsia (no color)
#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48991b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 153, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.174 137.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b864',
    500: '#48991b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48991b;
$custom-light: #84b864;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48991b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.571,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60825,
    "c": 0.17371,
    "h": 137.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48991B
secondary
#994EC2
accent
#3BEDAD
background
#F8FBF6
surface
#F0F6EB
border
#CBD0C6
text
#0C1106
muted
#7D807A

Preview Lab

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#48991B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva