#498B38#498B38

#498B38 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.136 H 139.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498B38
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(108, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(108, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 59.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, -37.64, 37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 52.99, 135.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% -0.1032 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.136 139.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.6936, 20.1664, 6.9642)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498B38 #7A388B

analogous

#728B38 #498B38 #388B50

triadic

#498B38 #38498B #8B3849

tetradic

#498B38 #38728B #7A388B #8B5038

square

#498B38 #38728B #7A388B #8B5038

split-complementary

#498B38 #50388B #8B3872

monochromatic

#1B3415 #325F26 #498B38 #60B64A #87C876

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#498B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#498B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498B38

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498B38	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F802F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#438779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.136 139.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ad71',
    500: '#498b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498b38;
$custom-light: #81ad71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 107.711,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57372,
    "c": 0.13551,
    "h": 139.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498B38

secondary

#A36EB1

accent

#55D2B9

background

#F8FAF7

surface

#EFF4ED

border

#CACEC8

text

#0B1008

muted

#7C7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #498B38

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

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