#489D16#489D16

#489D16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.180 H 137.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489D16
RGB	rgb(72, 157, 22)
HSL	hsl(98, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(98, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 86%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, -47.83, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 73.44, 130.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% -0.1328 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.18 137.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.8738, 25.5484, 4.9065)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489D16 #6B169D

analogous

#8B9D16 #489D16 #169D28

triadic

#489D16 #16489D #9D1648

tetradic

#489D16 #168B9D #6B169D #9D2816

square

#489D16 #168B9D #6B169D #9D2816

split-complementary

#489D16 #28169D #9D168B

monochromatic

#173207 #2F670E #489D16 #61D31E #82E548

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#489D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#489D16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489D16

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489D16	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#429785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 157, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.180 137.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bb62',
    500: '#489d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489d16;
$custom-light: #85bb62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.778,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61874,
    "c": 0.18042,
    "h": 137.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489D16

secondary

#9848C7

accent

#36F2AC

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1206

muted

#7D817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #489D16

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

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