#49A01B#49A01B

#49A01B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.181 H 137.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49A01B
RGBrgb(73, 160, 27)
HSLhsl(99, 71%, 37%)
HSVhsv(99, 83%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(54.4%, 0%, 83.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(58.64, -48.44, 55.38)
CIE-LCHlch(58.64, 73.58, 131.18°)
OKLaboklab(62.74% -0.1343 0.1221)
OKLCHoklch(62.74% 0.181 137.7)
XYZxyz(15.5158, 26.6360, 5.3603)
Luminance0.2664 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49A01B #721BA0
analogous
#8CA01B #49A01B #1BA030
triadic
#49A01B #1B49A0 #A01B49
tetradic
#49A01B #1B8CA0 #721BA0 #A0301B
square
#49A01B #1B8CA0 #721BA0 #A0301B
split-complementary
#49A01B #301BA0 #A01B8C
monochromatic
#193709 #316C12 #49A01B #61D424 #85E253

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32
#49A01B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33
#49A01B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49A01B
6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49A01B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49A01B1.003.326.336.33
#FFFFFF3.321.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3321.001.001.00
##0000006.3321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A59100
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9A8A2C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#429A88
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49a01b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 160, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.181 137.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bd65',
    500: '#49a01b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49a01b;
$custom-light: #85bd65;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49a01b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.248,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62741,
    "c": 0.18148,
    "h": 137.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49A01B
secondary
#9D52C5
accent
#3AEEB0
background
#F8FBF6
surface
#F0F6EB
border
#CBD0C6
text
#0C1206
muted
#7D817A

Preview Lab

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#49A01B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva