#4E8A09#4E8A09

#4E8A09 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.159 H 133.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A09
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 9)
HSL	hsl(88, 88%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(88, 93%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 93.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.63, -38.74, 53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.63, 65.97, 125.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% -0.1095 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.159 133.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.2795, 19.8157, 3.4362)
Luminance	0.1982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A09 #45098A

analogous

#8A8609 #4E8A09 #0E8A09

triadic

#4E8A09 #094E8A #8A094E

tetradic

#4E8A09 #098A86 #45098A #8A090E

square

#4E8A09 #098A86 #45098A #8A090E

split-complementary

#4E8A09 #090E8A #86098A

monochromatic

#101D02 #2E5105 #4E8A09 #6EC30D #8EF01D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#4E8A09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#4E8A09 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A09

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A09	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88791E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E8475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.159 133.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ac5b',
    500: '#4e8a09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a09;
$custom-light: #86ac5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.907,
    "s": 87.755,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57013,
    "c": 0.15903,
    "h": 133.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A09

secondary

#722EC1

accent

#2AFE8D

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#F0F4E9

border

#CBCEC5

text

#0C1005

muted

#7D7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A09

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

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