#499E1B#499E1B

#499E1B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.179 H 137.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499E1B
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 27)
HSL	hsl(99, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(99, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, -47.68, 54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 72.63, 131.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% -0.1323 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.179 137.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.1718, 25.9481, 5.2457)
Luminance	0.2595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499E1B #701B9E

analogous

#8B9E1B #499E1B #1B9E2E

triadic

#499E1B #1B499E #9E1B49

tetradic

#499E1B #1B8B9E #701B9E #9E2E1B

square

#499E1B #1B8B9E #701B9E #9E2E1B

split-complementary

#499E1B #2E1B9E #9E1B8B

monochromatic

#193509 #316A12 #499E1B #61D224 #84E152

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#499E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#499E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499E1B

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499E1B	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98892B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#439886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.179 137.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bb64',
    500: '#499e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499e1b;
$custom-light: #85bb64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.931,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62206,
    "c": 0.17914,
    "h": 137.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499E1B

secondary

#9C51C4

accent

#3AEEAF

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1206

muted

#7D817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #499E1B

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

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