#4E8B23#4E8B23

#4E8B23 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.149 H 135.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8B23
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 35)
HSL	hsl(95, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(95, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 0%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, -37.93, 46.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 60.09, 129.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% -0.1059 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.149 135.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.6776, 20.2056, 4.8218)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8B23 #60238B

analogous

#828B23 #4E8B23 #238B2C

triadic

#4E8B23 #234E8B #8B234E

tetradic

#4E8B23 #23828B #60238B #8B2C23

square

#4E8B23 #23828B #60238B #8B2C23

split-complementary

#4E8B23 #2C238B #8B2382

monochromatic

#17290A #335A17 #4E8B23 #69BC2F #89D454

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#4E8B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#4E8B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8B23

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8B23	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)

#907F0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C8677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.149 135.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ad65',
    500: '#4e8b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8b23;
$custom-light: #85ad65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.192,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57411,
    "c": 0.14897,
    "h": 135.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8B23

secondary

#8E52B8

accent

#45E3A2

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1006

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8B23

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

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