#4B9917#4B9917

#4B9917 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.174 H 136.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9917
RGB	rgb(75, 153, 23)
HSL	hsl(96, 74%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(96, 85%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 0%, 85%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, -45.34, 54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 70.88, 129.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% -0.1263 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.174 136.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.4471, 24.3392, 4.7471)
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

#4B9917 #651799

analogous

#8C9917 #4B9917 #179924

triadic

#4B9917 #174B99 #99174B

tetradic

#4B9917 #178C99 #651799 #992417

square

#4B9917 #178C99 #651799 #992417

split-complementary

#4B9917 #241799 #99178C

monochromatic

#172F07 #31640F #4B9917 #65CE1F #86E347

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4B9917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#4B9917 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9917

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9917	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)

#9E8B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#479382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 153, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.174 136.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b862',
    500: '#4b9917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9917;
$custom-light: #86b862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96,
    "s": 73.864,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60935,
    "c": 0.17393,
    "h": 136.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9917

secondary

#9247C5

accent

#37F1A6

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1106

muted

#7D807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9917

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

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