#498B17#498B17

#498B17 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.158 H 135.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498B17
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 23)
HSL	hsl(94, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(94, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.77, -40.36, 50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.77, 64.45, 128.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.08% -0.1128 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(57.08% 0.158 135.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1346, 19.9428, 4.0204)
Luminance	0.1994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#498B17 #59178B

analogous

#838B17 #498B17 #178B1F

triadic

#498B17 #17498B #8B1749

tetradic

#498B17 #17838B #59178B #8B1F17

square

#498B17 #17838B #59178B #8B1F17

split-complementary

#498B17 #1F178B #8B1783

monochromatic

#122206 #2D560E #498B17 #65C020 #83DF3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#498B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#498B17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498B17

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498B17	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: #498b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.158 135.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ad60',
    500: '#498b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498b17;
$custom-light: #83ad60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.138,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57084,
    "c": 0.15806,
    "h": 135.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498B17

secondary

#883FBF

accent

#39EEA0

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#EFF4EA

border

#CACEC6

text

#0B1005

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #498B17

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

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