#497D16#497D16

#497D16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.141 H 133.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497D16
RGB	rgb(73, 125, 22)
HSL	hsl(90, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(90, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 0%, 82.4%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, -34.43, 46.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 57.71, 126.63°)
OKLab	oklab(53.3% -0.097 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(53.3% 0.141 133.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2259, 16.1411, 3.3356)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497D16 #4A167D

analogous

#7D7D16 #497D16 #167D16

triadic

#497D16 #16497D #7D1649

tetradic

#497D16 #167D7D #4A167D #7D1616

square

#497D16 #167D7D #4A167D #7D1616

split-complementary

#497D16 #16167D #7D167D

monochromatic

#0F1A05 #2B490D #497D16 #67B11F #86DB32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#497D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#497D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #497D16

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##497D16	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49786A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 125, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.141 133.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a35d',
    500: '#497d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497d16;
$custom-light: #81a35d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.291,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53297,
    "c": 0.14093,
    "h": 133.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497D16

secondary

#783DB2

accent

#3BED95

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF4E9

border

#CACEC5

text

#0B0F05

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #497D16

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

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