#4E8C15#4E8C15

#4E8C15 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.158 H 134.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8C15
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 21)
HSL	hsl(91, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(91, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 0%, 85%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, -39.16, 51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 64.61, 127.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% -0.1101 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.158 134.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.6551, 20.4293, 3.9858)
Luminance	0.2043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8C15 #53158C

analogous

#8A8C15 #4E8C15 #158C18

triadic

#4E8C15 #154E8C #8C154E

tetradic

#4E8C15 #158A8C #53158C #8C1815

square

#4E8C15 #158A8C #53158C #8C1815

split-complementary

#4E8C15 #18158C #8C158A

monochromatic

#132205 #30570D #4E8C15 #6CC11D #8AE13A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#4E8C15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#4E8C15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8C15

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8C15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8C15	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D8677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8c15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.158 134.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ae5f',
    500: '#4e8c15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8c15;
$custom-light: #86ae5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8c15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.261,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57592,
    "c": 0.15752,
    "h": 134.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8C15

secondary

#813DC0

accent

#37F198

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#F0F4EA

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1005

muted

#7D7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8C15

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →