#497E12#497E12

#497E12 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.144 H 133.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497E12
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 18)
HSL	hsl(89, 75%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(89, 86%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 0%, 85.7%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.47, -35.07, 47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.47, 59.26, 126.28°)
OKLab	oklab(53.55% -0.0989 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(53.55% 0.144 133.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.3175, 16.3813, 3.1904)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#497E12 #47127E

analogous

#7E7D12 #497E12 #137E12

triadic

#497E12 #12497E #7E1249

tetradic

#497E12 #127E7D #47127E #7E1213

square

#497E12 #127E7D #47127E #7E1213

split-complementary

#497E12 #12137E #7D127E

monochromatic

#101B04 #2A480A #497E12 #68B41A #87E12A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#497E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#497E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #497E12

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##497E12	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49796B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.144 133.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a45c',
    500: '#497e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497e12;
$custom-light: #81a45c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.444,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53547,
    "c": 0.14405,
    "h": 133.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497E12

secondary

#7538B4

accent

#36F292

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF4E9

border

#CACEC5

text

#0B0F04

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #497E12

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

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