#498B23#498B23

#498B23 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.152 H 136.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498B23
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 35)
HSL	hsl(98, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(98, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.84, -39.62, 46.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.84, 60.94, 130.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% -0.1101 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.152 136.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2833, 20.0023, 4.8034)
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

#498B23 #65238B

analogous

#7D8B23 #498B23 #238B31

triadic

#498B23 #23498B #8B2349

tetradic

#498B23 #237D8B #65238B #8B3123

square

#498B23 #237D8B #65238B #8B3123

split-complementary

#498B23 #31238B #8B237D

monochromatic

#16290A #2F5A17 #498B23 #63BC2F #83D454

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#498B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#498B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498B23

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498B23	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)

#907F10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#468677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.152 136.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ad65',
    500: '#498b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498b23;
$custom-light: #82ad65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.077,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5716,
    "c": 0.15162,
    "h": 136.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498B23

secondary

#9352B8

accent

#45E3A9

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#EFF4EB

border

#CACEC6

text

#0B1006

muted

#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #498B23

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

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