#497F12#497F12

#497F12 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.145 H 133.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497F12
RGB	rgb(73, 127, 18)
HSL	hsl(90, 75%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(90, 86%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 0%, 85.8%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, -35.50, 48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 59.76, 126.45°)
OKLab	oklab(53.82% -0.1001 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(53.82% 0.145 133.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4460, 16.6383, 3.2333)
Luminance	0.1664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#497F12 #48127F

analogous

#7F7E12 #497F12 #127F12

triadic

#497F12 #12497F #7F1249

tetradic

#497F12 #127F7E #48127F #7F1212

square

#497F12 #127F7E #48127F #7F1212

split-complementary

#497F12 #12127F #7E127F

monochromatic

#0F1B04 #2A490A #497F12 #68B51A #87E12B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#497F12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#497F12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #497F12

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497F12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##497F12	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7020

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#497A6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497f12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 127, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.145 133.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a45c',
    500: '#497f12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497f12;
$custom-light: #81a45c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497f12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.725,
    "s": 75.172,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53817,
    "c": 0.14531,
    "h": 133.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497F12

secondary

#7638B5

accent

#36F293

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF4E9

border

#CACEC5

text

#0B0F04

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #497F12

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

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