#498E16#498E16

#498E16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.162 H 135.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#498E16
RGBrgb(73, 142, 22)
HSLhsl(95, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(95, 85%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(48.6%, 0%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(52.75, -41.63, 51.42)
CIE-LCHlch(52.75, 66.16, 129.00°)
OKLaboklab(57.89% -0.1163 0.113)
OKLCHoklch(57.89% 0.162 135.8)
XYZxyz(12.5652, 20.8196, 4.1154)
Luminance0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#498E16 #5B168E
analogous
#858E16 #498E16 #168E1F
triadic
#498E16 #16498E #8E1649
tetradic
#498E16 #16858E #5B168E #8E1F16
square
#498E16 #16858E #5B168E #8E1F16
split-complementary
#498E16 #1F168E #8E1685
monochromatic
#132406 #2E590E #498E16 #64C31E #83E13D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07
#498E16 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16
#498E16 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498E16
5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##498E16#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##498E161.004.075.165.16
#FFFFFF4.071.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1621.001.001.00
##0000005.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#938100
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8A7C25
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#468879
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #498e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.162 135.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b060',
    500: '#498e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #498e16;
$custom-light: #83b060;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#498e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57887,
    "c": 0.16216,
    "h": 135.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#498E16
secondary
#8A3FC1
accent
#38F0A2
background
#F8FAF6
surface
#F0F5EB
border
#CBCFC6
text
#0B1005
muted
#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #498E16

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#498E16 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva