#499D3B#499D3B

#499D3B is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.158 H 140.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499D3B
RGB	rgb(73, 157, 59)
HSL	hsl(111, 45%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(111, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 0%, 62.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, -44.77, 42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 61.79, 136.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% -0.1224 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.158 140.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5933, 25.8449, 8.3037)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499D3B #8F3B9D

analogous

#7A9D3B #499D3B #3B9D5E

triadic

#499D3B #3B499D #9D3B49

tetradic

#499D3B #3B7A9D #8F3B9D #9D5E3B

square

#499D3B #3B7A9D #8F3B9D #9D5E3B

split-complementary

#499D3B #5E3B9D #9D3B7A

monochromatic

#20441A #34712A #499D3B #65BF56 #8DD082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#499D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#499D3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499D3B

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499D3B	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F9888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 157, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.158 140.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bb75',
    500: '#499d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499d3b;
$custom-light: #84bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 111.429,
    "s": 45.37,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62197,
    "c": 0.15772,
    "h": 140.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499D3B

secondary

#B17ABA

accent

#53D5C2

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#F0F6ED

border

#CBD0C8

text

#0B1208

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #499D3B

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

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