#4E8C16#4E8C16

#4E8C16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.157 H 134.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8C16
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 22)
HSL	hsl(92, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(92, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 0%, 84.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, -39.12, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 64.37, 127.43°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% -0.1099 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.157 134.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.6645, 20.4331, 4.0356)
Luminance	0.2043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8C16 #54168C

analogous

#898C16 #4E8C16 #168C19

triadic

#4E8C16 #164E8C #8C164E

tetradic

#4E8C16 #16898C #54168C #8C1916

square

#4E8C16 #16898C #54168C #8C1916

split-complementary

#4E8C16 #19168C #8C1689

monochromatic

#132205 #31570E #4E8C16 #6BC11E #8AE03C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#4E8C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#4E8C16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8C16

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8C16	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)

#897B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D8677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.157 134.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ae60',
    500: '#4e8c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8c16;
$custom-light: #86ae60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.525,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57597,
    "c": 0.1571,
    "h": 134.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8C16

secondary

#823EC0

accent

#38F099

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#F0F4EA

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1005

muted

#7D7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8C16

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

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