#497C16#497C16

#497C16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.140 H 133.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#497C16
RGBrgb(73, 124, 22)
HSLhsl(90, 70%, 29%)
HSVhsv(90, 82%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(41.1%, 0%, 82.3%, 51.4%)
CIE-LABlab(46.83, -33.99, 46.01)
CIE-LCHlch(46.83, 57.20, 126.45°)
OKLaboklab(53.03% -0.0958 0.1016)
OKLCHoklch(53.03% 0.14 133.3)
XYZxyz(10.1000, 15.8892, 3.2937)
Luminance0.1589 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#497C16 #49167C
analogous
#7C7C16 #497C16 #167C16
triadic
#497C16 #16497C #7C1649
tetradic
#497C16 #167C7C #49167C #7C1616
square
#497C16 #167C7C #49167C #7C1616
split-complementary
#497C16 #16167C #7C167C
monochromatic
#0F1A05 #2A480D #497C16 #68B01F #86DB32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03
#497C16 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18
#497C16 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #497C16
5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##497C16#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##497C161.005.034.185.03
#FFFFFF5.031.0021.001.00
#0000004.1821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.031.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#817200
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7A6E22
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#497769
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #497c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.140 133.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a25d',
    500: '#497c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #497c16;
$custom-light: #81a25d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#497c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53027,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 133.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#497C16
secondary
#773DB1
accent
#3BED94
background
#F8FAF5
surface
#EFF3E9
border
#CACDC5
text
#0B0F05
muted
#7C7F79

Preview Lab

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#497C16 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva