#4E8B22#4E8B22

#4E8B22 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.150 H 135.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8B22
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(95, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(95, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 0%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.06, -38.00, 46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.06, 60.42, 128.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% -0.1061 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.15 135.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6629, 20.1997, 4.7448)
Luminance	0.2020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8B22 #5F228B

analogous

#838B22 #4E8B22 #228B2B

triadic

#4E8B22 #224E8B #8B224E

tetradic

#4E8B22 #22838B #5F228B #8B2B22

square

#4E8B22 #22838B #5F228B #8B2B22

split-complementary

#4E8B22 #2B228B #8B2283

monochromatic

#17290A #325A16 #4E8B22 #6ABC2E #89D553

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#4E8B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#4E8B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8B22

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8B22	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C8677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.150 135.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ad65',
    500: '#4e8b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8b22;
$custom-light: #85ad65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57403,
    "c": 0.14959,
    "h": 135.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8B22

secondary

#8D50B8

accent

#44E4A1

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1006

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8B22

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

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