#498B40#498B40

#498B40 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.128 H 141.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498B40
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 64)
HSL	hsl(113, 37%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(113, 54%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 54%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, -36.63, 33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 49.58, 137.64°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% -0.1 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.128 141.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.9051, 20.2510, 8.0783)
Luminance	0.2025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498B40 #82408B

analogous

#6F8B40 #498B40 #408B5D

triadic

#498B40 #40498B #8B4049

tetradic

#498B40 #406F8B #82408B #8B5D40

square

#498B40 #406F8B #82408B #8B5D40

split-complementary

#498B40 #5D408B #8B406F

monochromatic

#1D3719 #33612D #498B40 #62B257 #89C581

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#498B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#498B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498B40

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498B40	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42877A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.128 141.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ad77',
    500: '#498b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498b40;
$custom-light: #81ad77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 112.8,
    "s": 36.946,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5748,
    "c": 0.12807,
    "h": 141.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498B40

secondary

#A978AF

accent

#5BCDBF

background

#F8FAF7

surface

#EFF4ED

border

#CACEC8

text

#0B1009

muted

#7C7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #498B40

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

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