#48A015#48A015

#48A015 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.184 H 137.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A015
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 21)
HSL	hsl(98, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(98, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 86.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, -49.00, 56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 75.03, 130.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% -0.136 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.184 137.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.3781, 26.5722, 5.0279)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A015 #6D15A0

analogous

#8DA015 #48A015 #15A028

triadic

#48A015 #1548A0 #A01548

tetradic

#48A015 #158DA0 #6D15A0 #A02815

square

#48A015 #158DA0 #6D15A0 #A02815

split-complementary

#48A015 #2815A0 #A0158D

monochromatic

#173407 #306A0E #48A015 #60D61C #83E748

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#48A015 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#48A015 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A015

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A015	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A015	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#419A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a015;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.184 137.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bd62',
    500: '#48a015',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a015;
$custom-light: #85bd62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a015",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.986,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62674,
    "c": 0.18423,
    "h": 137.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A015

secondary

#9949C8

accent

#34F3AD

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1206

muted

#7D817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A015

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

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