#4E8517#4E8517

#4E8517 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.148 H 133.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8517
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 23)
HSL	hsl(90, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(90, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 0%, 82.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, -36.06, 48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 60.65, 126.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.73% -0.1016 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(55.73% 0.148 133.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6839, 18.4560, 3.7572)
Luminance	0.1846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8517 #4E1785

analogous

#858517 #4E8517 #178517

triadic

#4E8517 #174E85 #85174E

tetradic

#4E8517 #178585 #4E1785 #851717

square

#4E8517 #178585 #4E1785 #851717

split-complementary

#4E8517 #171785 #851785

monochromatic

#111D05 #2F510E #4E8517 #6DB920 #8BDD3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#4E8517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#4E8517 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8517

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8517	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E7F71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.148 133.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a95f',
    500: '#4e8517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8517;
$custom-light: #85a95f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5573,
    "c": 0.14791,
    "h": 133.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8517

secondary

#7C3FB9

accent

#3BED94

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#F0F4EA

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0B1005

muted

#7C7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8517

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

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