#4E8C17#4E8C17

#4E8C17 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.157 H 134.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8C17
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 23)
HSL	hsl(92, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(92, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 0%, 83.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.33, -39.07, 50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.33, 64.12, 127.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% -0.1097 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.157 134.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6744, 20.4370, 4.0873)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8C17 #55178C

analogous

#898C17 #4E8C17 #178C1B

triadic

#4E8C17 #174E8C #8C174E

tetradic

#4E8C17 #17898C #55178C #8C1B17

square

#4E8C17 #17898C #55178C #8C1B17

split-complementary

#4E8C17 #1B178C #8C1789

monochromatic

#132306 #31570E #4E8C17 #6BC120 #8ADF3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#4E8C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#4E8C17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8C17

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8C17	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: #4e8c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.157 134.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ae60',
    500: '#4e8c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8c17;
$custom-light: #86ae60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.795,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57602,
    "c": 0.15667,
    "h": 134.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8C17

secondary

#833FBF

accent

#39EF99

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1005

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8C17

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

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