#4E851B#4E851B

#4E851B is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.146 H 133.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E851B
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 27)
HSL	hsl(91, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(91, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 0%, 79.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, -35.85, 47.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 59.51, 127.04°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% -0.1008 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.146 133.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7270, 18.4733, 3.9845)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E851B #521B85

analogous

#83851B #4E851B #1B851D

triadic

#4E851B #1B4E85 #851B4E

tetradic

#4E851B #1B8385 #521B85 #851D1B

square

#4E851B #1B8385 #521B85 #851D1B

split-complementary

#4E851B #1D1B85 #851B83

monochromatic

#121F06 #305211 #4E851B #6CB825 #8AD942

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#4E851B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#4E851B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E851B

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E851B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E851B	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	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)

#837626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E7F71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e851b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.146 133.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a961',
    500: '#4e851b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e851b;
$custom-light: #85a961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e851b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.132,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55754,
    "c": 0.14589,
    "h": 133.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E851B

secondary

#8044B8

accent

#3FE997

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0B1005

muted

#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E851B

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

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