#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
RGB	rgb(72, 153, 27)
HSL	hsl(99, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(99, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 82.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, -46.06, 53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 70.41, 130.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% -0.1278 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.174 137.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.2611, 24.2382, 4.9637)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-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
##48991B	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #48991B

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

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