#497E16#497E16

#497E16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.142 H 133.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497E16
RGB	rgb(73, 126, 22)
HSL	hsl(91, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(91, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 0%, 82.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, -34.87, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 58.22, 126.80°)
OKLab	oklab(53.57% -0.0982 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(53.57% 0.142 133.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.3532, 16.3956, 3.3780)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497E16 #4B167E

analogous

#7D7E16 #497E16 #167E17

triadic

#497E16 #16497E #7E1649

tetradic

#497E16 #167D7E #4B167E #7E1716

square

#497E16 #167D7E #4B167E #7E1716

split-complementary

#497E16 #17167E #7E167D

monochromatic

#0F1A05 #2B4A0D #497E16 #67B21F #86DB33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#497E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#497E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #497E16

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##497E16	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)

#7C6F22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49796B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 126, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.142 133.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a45d',
    500: '#497e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497e16;
$custom-light: #81a45d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.577,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53568,
    "c": 0.14222,
    "h": 133.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497E16

secondary

#793DB3

accent

#3BED96

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF4E9

border

#CACEC5

text

#0B0F05

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #497E16

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

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