#498A16#498A16

#498A16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.157 H 135.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498A16
RGB	rgb(73, 138, 22)
HSL	hsl(94, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(94, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 0%, 84.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.44, -39.99, 50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.44, 64.21, 128.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% -0.1119 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.157 135.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9807, 19.6506, 3.9206)
Luminance	0.1965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498A16 #57168A

analogous

#838A16 #498A16 #168A1D

triadic

#498A16 #16498A #8A1649

tetradic

#498A16 #16838A #57168A #8A1D16

square

#498A16 #16838A #57168A #8A1D16

split-complementary

#498A16 #1D168A #8A1683

monochromatic

#112005 #2D550E #498A16 #65BF1E #83E03B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#498A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#498A16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498A16

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498A16	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877924

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#478475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 138, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.157 135.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ad5f',
    500: '#498a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498a16;
$custom-light: #83ad5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.621,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56809,
    "c": 0.15727,
    "h": 135.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498A16

secondary

#863EBE

accent

#39EF9F

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF4EA

border

#CACEC6

text

#0B1005

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #498A16

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

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