#489E17#489E17

#489E17 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.181 H 137.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#489E17
RGB	rgb(72, 158, 23)
HSL	hsl(98, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(98, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, -48.16, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 73.70, 130.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% -0.1337 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.181 137.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.0535, 25.8921, 5.0149)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#489E17 #6D179E

analogous

#8B9E17 #489E17 #179E29

triadic

#489E17 #17489E #9E1748

tetradic

#489E17 #178B9E #6D179E #9E2917

square

#489E17 #178B9E #6D179E #9E2917

split-complementary

#489E17 #29179E #9E178B

monochromatic

#173307 #30690F #489E17 #60D31F #83E54B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#489E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#489E17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #489E17

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##489E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##489E17	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#419886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #489e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 158, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.181 137.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bb63',
    500: '#489e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #489e17;
$custom-light: #85bb63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#489e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.222,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62147,
    "c": 0.18122,
    "h": 137.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#489E17

secondary

#994AC6

accent

#37F1AD

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1206

muted

#7D817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #489E17

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

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