#4E8C21#4E8C21

#4E8C21 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.151 H 135.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8C21
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 33)
HSL	hsl(95, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(95, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 0%, 76.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, -38.50, 47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 61.26, 128.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% -0.1075 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.151 135.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.7942, 20.4849, 4.7184)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8C21 #5F218C

analogous

#848C21 #4E8C21 #218C29

triadic

#4E8C21 #214E8C #8C214E

tetradic

#4E8C21 #21848C #5F218C #8C2921

square

#4E8C21 #21848C #5F218C #8C2921

split-complementary

#4E8C21 #29218C #8C2184

monochromatic

#17290A #325A15 #4E8C21 #6ABE2D #89D651

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#4E8C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#4E8C21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8C21

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8C21	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91800A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C8778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.151 135.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ae64',
    500: '#4e8c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8c21;
$custom-light: #85ae64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.766,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57663,
    "c": 0.15148,
    "h": 135.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8C21

secondary

#8D4FB9

accent

#43E5A1

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1006

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8C21

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

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