#498B22#498B22

#498B22 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.152 H 136.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498B22
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(98, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(98, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, -39.69, 46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 61.26, 130.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% -0.1103 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.152 136.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.2687, 19.9964, 4.7263)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498B22 #64228B

analogous

#7E8B22 #498B22 #228B2F

triadic

#498B22 #22498B #8B2249

tetradic

#498B22 #227E8B #64228B #8B2F22

square

#498B22 #227E8B #64228B #8B2F22

split-complementary

#498B22 #2F228B #8B227E

monochromatic

#15290A #2F5A16 #498B22 #63BC2E #83D553

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#498B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#498B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498B22

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498B22	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#468677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.152 136.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ad65',
    500: '#498b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498b22;
$custom-light: #82ad65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57153,
    "c": 0.15223,
    "h": 136.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498B22

secondary

#9250B8

accent

#44E4A8

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#EFF4EB

border

#CACEC6

text

#0B1006

muted

#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #498B22

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

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