#4B9E17#4B9E17
#4B9E17 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.180 H 137.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #4B9E17 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(75, 158, 23) |
| HSL | hsl(97, 75%, 35%) |
| HSV | hsv(97, 85%, 62%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(52.5%, 0%, 85.4%, 38%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(58.05, -47.28, 55.93) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(58.05, 73.23, 130.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(62.27% -0.1315 0.1226) |
| OKLCH | oklch(62.27% 0.18 137) |
| XYZ | xyz(15.2827, 26.0103, 5.0256) |
| Luminance | 0.2601 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Grassy Green
#419C03
ΔE00 1.30
Grass Green
#3F9B0B
ΔE00 1.54
Lawn Green
#4DA409
ΔE00 2.11
Leaf Green
#5CA904
ΔE00 4.33
Grass
#5CAC2D
ΔE00 4.61
True Green
#089404
ΔE00 5.63
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#4B9E17 #6A179E
analogous
#8E9E17 #4B9E17 #179E26
triadic
#4B9E17 #174B9E #9E174B
tetradic
#4B9E17 #178E9E #6A179E #9E2617
square
#4B9E17 #178E9E #6A179E #9E2617
split-complementary
#4B9E17 #26179E #9E178E
monochromatic
#183307 #32690F #4B9E17 #64D31F #86E54B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.39
#4B9E17 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.20
#4B9E17 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #4B9E17
6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##4B9E17 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##4B9E17 | 1.00 | 3.39 | 6.20 | 6.20 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.39 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.20 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.20 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A49000
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#998929
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#469886
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #4b9e17; /* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 158, 23); /* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.180 137.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#86bb63',
500: '#4b9e17',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #4b9e17; $custom-light: #86bb63; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#4b9e17",
"rgb": {
"r": 75,
"g": 158,
"b": 23
},
"hsl": {
"h": 96.889,
"s": 74.586,
"l": 35.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.62271,
"c": 0.17979,
"h": 137
},
"luminance": 0.26011
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#4B9E17
secondary
#974AC6
accent
#37F1A9
background
#F8FBF6
surface
#F0F6EB
border
#CBD0C6
text
#0C1206
muted
#7D817A