#499E15#499E15

#499E15 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.181 H 137.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499E15
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 21)
HSL	hsl(97, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(97, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 86.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, -47.95, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 73.96, 130.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% -0.1333 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.181 137.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.1094, 25.9232, 4.9168)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499E15 #6A159E

analogous

#8E9E15 #499E15 #159E25

triadic

#499E15 #15499E #9E1549

tetradic

#499E15 #158E9E #6A159E #9E2515

square

#499E15 #158E9E #6A159E #9E2515

split-complementary

#499E15 #25159E #9E158E

monochromatic

#173207 #30680E #499E15 #62D41C #83E747

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#499E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#499E15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499E15

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499E15	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#439886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.181 137.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bb62',
    500: '#499e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499e15;
$custom-light: #85bb62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.226,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62179,
    "c": 0.18147,
    "h": 137.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499E15

secondary

#9747C7

accent

#35F3AB

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1206

muted

#7D817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #499E15

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

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