#4A9E17#4A9E17

#4A9E17 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.180 H 137.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9E17
RGB	rgb(74, 158, 23)
HSL	hsl(97, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(97, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 0%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, -47.58, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 73.39, 130.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% -0.1322 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.18 137.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.2051, 25.9703, 5.0220)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9E17 #6B179E

analogous

#8E9E17 #4A9E17 #179E27

triadic

#4A9E17 #174A9E #9E174A

tetradic

#4A9E17 #178E9E #6B179E #9E2717

square

#4A9E17 #178E9E #6B179E #9E2717

split-complementary

#4A9E17 #27179E #9E178E

monochromatic

#183307 #31690F #4A9E17 #63D31F #85E54B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#4A9E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#4A9E17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9E17

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9E17	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)

#998929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#449886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 158, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.180 137.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bb63',
    500: '#4a9e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9e17;
$custom-light: #86bb63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.333,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62229,
    "c": 0.18027,
    "h": 137.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9E17

secondary

#984AC6

accent

#37F1AB

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1206

muted

#7D817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9E17

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

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