#49B231#49B231

#49B231 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.191 H 140.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B231
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(109, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(109, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, -53.69, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 76.07, 134.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.1472 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.191 140.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2215, 33.4773, 8.3540)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B231 #9A31B2

analogous

#8AB231 #49B231 #31B25A

triadic

#49B231 #3149B2 #B23149

tetradic

#49B231 #318AB2 #9A31B2 #B25A31

square

#49B231 #318AB2 #9A31B2 #B25A31

split-complementary

#49B231 #5A31B2 #B2318A

monochromatic

#225217 #358224 #49B231 #69CF51 #92DC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#49B231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#49B231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B231

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B231	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A21A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BAC99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.191 140.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ca71',
    500: '#49b231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b231;
$custom-light: #87ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 108.837,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67658,
    "c": 0.19122,
    "h": 140.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B231

secondary

#B779C5

accent

#48E0C4

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F8ED

border

#CBD1C8

text

#0C1308

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B231

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

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