#498B27#498B27

#498B27 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.149 H 137.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498B27
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 39)
HSL	hsl(100, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(100, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 71.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, -39.31, 44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 59.57, 131.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% -0.109 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.149 137)
XYZ	xyz(12.3461, 20.0274, 5.1342)
Luminance	0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498B27 #69278B

analogous

#7B8B27 #498B27 #278B37

triadic

#498B27 #27498B #8B2749

tetradic

#498B27 #277B8B #69278B #8B3727

square

#498B27 #277B8B #69278B #8B3727

split-complementary

#498B27 #37278B #8B277B

monochromatic

#172B0C #305B1A #498B27 #62BB34 #83D15B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#498B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#498B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498B27

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498B27	1.00	4.20	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#458677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.149 137.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ad67',
    500: '#498b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498b27;
$custom-light: #82ad67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.6,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57193,
    "c": 0.14899,
    "h": 137
  },
  "luminance": 0.20028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498B27

secondary

#9658B6

accent

#48DFAC

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#EFF4EB

border

#CACEC6

text

#0B1006

muted

#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #498B27

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

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