#498B16#498B16

#498B16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.159 H 135.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498B16
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 22)
HSL	hsl(94, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(94, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.77, -40.40, 50.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.77, 64.70, 128.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.08% -0.113 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(57.08% 0.159 135.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1248, 19.9389, 3.9686)
Luminance	0.1994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498B16 #58168B

analogous

#848B16 #498B16 #168B1D

triadic

#498B16 #16498B #8B1649

tetradic

#498B16 #16848B #58168B #8B1D16

square

#498B16 #16848B #58168B #8B1D16

split-complementary

#498B16 #1D168B #8B1684

monochromatic

#122105 #2D560E #498B16 #65C01E #83E03B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#498B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#498B16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498B16

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498B16	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#478576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.159 135.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ad5f',
    500: '#498b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498b16;
$custom-light: #83ad5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.846,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57079,
    "c": 0.1585,
    "h": 135.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498B16

secondary

#873EBF

accent

#38EFA0

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF4EA

border

#CACEC6

text

#0B1005

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #498B16

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

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