#498E21#498E21

#498E21 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.157 H 136.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498E21
RGB	rgb(73, 142, 33)
HSL	hsl(98, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(98, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 76.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, -41.00, 47.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 63.12, 130.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% -0.114 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.157 136.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.6948, 20.8714, 4.7982)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498E21 #66218E

analogous

#808E21 #498E21 #218E30

triadic

#498E21 #21498E #8E2149

tetradic

#498E21 #21808E #66218E #8E3021

square

#498E21 #21808E #66218E #8E3021

split-complementary

#498E21 #30218E #8E2180

monochromatic

#162B0A #2F5C15 #498E21 #63C02D #83D752

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#498E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#498E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498E21

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498E21	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938209

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#458979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 142, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.157 136.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b065',
    500: '#498e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498e21;
$custom-light: #83b065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.982,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57952,
    "c": 0.15666,
    "h": 136.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498E21

secondary

#9450BA

accent

#42E5AA

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#EFF5EB

border

#CACFC6

text

#0B1006

muted

#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #498E21

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

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