#4E8959#4E8959

#4E8959 is a mid, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.096 H 148.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8959
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(131, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(131, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 0%, 35%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.10, -30.16, 19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.10, 36.13, 146.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% -0.0822 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.096 148.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.8899, 20.2314, 12.6224)
Luminance	0.2023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8959 #894E7E

analogous

#61894E #4E8959 #4E8977

triadic

#4E8959 #594E89 #89594E

tetradic

#4E8959 #4E6189 #894E7E #89774E

square

#4E8959 #4E6189 #894E7E #89774E

split-complementary

#4E8959 #774E89 #894E61

monochromatic

#223B26 #386240 #4E8959 #6AAA76 #91C09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#4E8959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#4E8959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8959

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8959	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817A5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.096 148.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ac88',
    500: '#4e8959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8959;
$custom-light: #83ac88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 131.186,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57653,
    "c": 0.09615,
    "h": 148.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8959

secondary

#AD86A6

accent

#64B2C4

background

#F8FAF8

surface

#EFF4EF

border

#CACECA

text

#0B100B

muted

#7C7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8959

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

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