#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
RGBrgb(73, 158, 21)
HSLhsl(97, 77%, 35%)
HSVhsv(97, 87%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(53.8%, 0%, 86.7%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(57.96, -47.95, 56.30)
CIE-LCHlch(57.96, 73.96, 130.42°)
OKLaboklab(62.18% -0.1333 0.1232)
OKLCHoklch(62.18% 0.181 137.3)
XYZxyz(15.1094, 25.9232, 4.9168)
Luminance0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##499E151.003.406.186.18
#FFFFFF3.401.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1821.001.001.00
##0000006.1821.001.001.00

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

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#499E15 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva