#48A017#48A017

#48A017 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.184 H 137.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48A017
RGB	rgb(72, 160, 23)
HSL	hsl(99, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(99, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 85.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, -48.91, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 74.63, 130.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% -0.1357 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.184 137.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.3974, 26.5800, 5.1295)
Luminance	0.2658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48A017 #6F17A0

analogous

#8CA017 #48A017 #17A02A

triadic

#48A017 #1748A0 #A01748

tetradic

#48A017 #178CA0 #6F17A0 #A02A17

square

#48A017 #178CA0 #6F17A0 #A02A17

split-complementary

#48A017 #2A17A0 #A0178C

monochromatic

#183508 #306A0F #48A017 #60D61F #83E54C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#48A017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#48A017 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48A017

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48A017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48A017	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#419A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48a017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 160, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.184 137.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bd63',
    500: '#48a017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48a017;
$custom-light: #85bd63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48a017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.54,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62682,
    "c": 0.18352,
    "h": 137.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48A017

secondary

#9B4CC7

accent

#36F1AF

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1206

muted

#7D817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #48A017

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

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