#4B9916#4B9916

#4B9916 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.174 H 136.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9916
RGB	rgb(75, 153, 22)
HSL	hsl(96, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(96, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 0%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, -45.38, 54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 71.10, 129.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% -0.1265 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.174 136.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.4373, 24.3352, 4.6953)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9916 #641699

analogous

#8D9916 #4B9916 #169922

triadic

#4B9916 #164B99 #99164B

tetradic

#4B9916 #168D99 #641699 #992216

square

#4B9916 #168D99 #641699 #992216

split-complementary

#4B9916 #221699 #99168D

monochromatic

#172E07 #31630E #4B9916 #65CF1E #86E445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4B9916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#4B9916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9916

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9916	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#479382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 153, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.174 136.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b862',
    500: '#4b9916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9916;
$custom-light: #86b862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.725,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60931,
    "c": 0.17431,
    "h": 136.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9916

secondary

#9246C5

accent

#36F1A6

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1106

muted

#7D807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9916

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

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