#4E8A22#4E8A22

#4E8A22 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.148 H 135.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A22
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 34)
HSL	hsl(95, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(95, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 0%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.74, -37.57, 46.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.74, 59.90, 128.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% -0.105 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.148 135.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.5188, 19.9115, 4.6967)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A22 #5E228A

analogous

#828A22 #4E8A22 #228A2A

triadic

#4E8A22 #224E8A #8A224E

tetradic

#4E8A22 #22828A #5E228A #8A2A22

square

#4E8A22 #22828A #5E228A #8A2A22

split-complementary

#4E8A22 #2A228A #8A2282

monochromatic

#16280A #325916 #4E8A22 #6ABB2E #89D452

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#4E8A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#4E8A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A22

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A22	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D8576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.148 135.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ac65',
    500: '#4e8a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a22;
$custom-light: #85ac65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.615,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57137,
    "c": 0.14829,
    "h": 135.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A22

secondary

#8C50B8

accent

#44E4A0

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0B1006

muted

#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A22

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

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