#499D17#499D17

#499D17 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.180 H 137.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499D17
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 23)
HSL	hsl(98, 74%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(98, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 85.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, -47.49, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 73.08, 130.53°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% -0.1319 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.18 137.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.9588, 25.5911, 4.9618)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499D17 #6B179D

analogous

#8C9D17 #499D17 #179D28

triadic

#499D17 #17499D #9D1749

tetradic

#499D17 #178C9D #6B179D #9D2817

square

#499D17 #178C9D #6B179D #9D2817

split-complementary

#499D17 #28179D #9D178C

monochromatic

#173207 #30680F #499D17 #62D21F #84E44A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#499D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#499D17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499D17

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499D17	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#439785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.180 137.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bb63',
    500: '#499d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499d17;
$custom-light: #85bb63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.612,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6192,
    "c": 0.17958,
    "h": 137.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499D17

secondary

#984AC6

accent

#37F1AC

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1206

muted

#7D817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #499D17

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

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