#499D1B#499D1B

#499D1B is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.178 H 137.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499D1B
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 27)
HSL	hsl(99, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(99, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 82.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, -47.30, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 72.16, 130.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% -0.1312 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.178 137.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.0020, 25.6084, 5.1891)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499D1B #6F1B9D

analogous

#8A9D1B #499D1B #1B9D2E

triadic

#499D1B #1B499D #9D1B49

tetradic

#499D1B #1B8A9D #6F1B9D #9D2E1B

square

#499D1B #1B8A9D #6F1B9D #9D2E1B

split-complementary

#499D1B #2E1B9D #9D1B8A

monochromatic

#183509 #316912 #499D1B #61D124 #84E151

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#499D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#499D1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499D1B

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499D1B	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)

#98882B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#439786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.178 137.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bb64',
    500: '#499d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499d1b;
$custom-light: #85bb64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.769,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61939,
    "c": 0.17797,
    "h": 137.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499D1B

secondary

#9B50C4

accent

#3AEDAE

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1206

muted

#7D817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #499D1B

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

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