#497B15#497B15

#497B15 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.139 H 133.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497B15
RGB	rgb(73, 123, 21)
HSL	hsl(89, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(89, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 0%, 82.9%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.49, -33.59, 46.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.49, 56.97, 126.13°)
OKLab	oklab(52.75% -0.0948 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(52.75% 0.139 133.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.9658, 15.6360, 3.2023)
Luminance	0.1564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497B15 #47157B

analogous

#7B7A15 #497B15 #167B15

triadic

#497B15 #15497B #7B1549

tetradic

#497B15 #157B7A #47157B #7B1516

square

#497B15 #157B7A #47157B #7B1516

split-complementary

#497B15 #15167B #7A157B

monochromatic

#101A04 #2A470C #497B15 #68AF1E #87DB2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#497B15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#497B15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #497B15

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497B15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##497B15	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#497668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497b15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 123, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.139 133.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a15c',
    500: '#497b15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497b15;
$custom-light: #81a15c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497b15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.412,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5275,
    "c": 0.13886,
    "h": 133.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497B15

secondary

#753BB0

accent

#3AEE92

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF2E9

border

#CACCC5

text

#0B0F04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #497B15

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

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