#497D17#497D17

#497D17 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.140 H 133.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497D17
RGB	rgb(73, 125, 23)
HSL	hsl(91, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(91, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.6%, 0%, 81.6%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.16, -34.38, 46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.16, 57.43, 126.77°)
OKLab	oklab(53.3% -0.0968 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(53.3% 0.14 133.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2358, 16.1450, 3.3874)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497D17 #4B177D

analogous

#7C7D17 #497D17 #177D18

triadic

#497D17 #17497D #7D1749

tetradic

#497D17 #177C7D #4B177D #7D1817

square

#497D17 #177C7D #4B177D #7D1817

split-complementary

#497D17 #18177D #7D177C

monochromatic

#0F1A05 #2B490D #497D17 #67B121 #86DA35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#497D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#497D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #497D17

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##497D17	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: #497d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 125, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.140 133.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a35e',
    500: '#497d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497d17;
$custom-light: #81a35e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.588,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53303,
    "c": 0.14043,
    "h": 133.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497D17

secondary

#793EB2

accent

#3CEC96

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF4E9

border

#CACEC5

text

#0B0F05

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #497D17

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

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