#4E8C23#4E8C23

#4E8C23 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.150 H 135.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8C23
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 35)
HSL	hsl(95, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(95, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 0%, 75%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, -38.36, 46.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 60.61, 129.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% -0.107 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.15 135.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.8230, 20.4965, 4.8703)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8C23 #61238C

analogous

#838C23 #4E8C23 #238C2D

triadic

#4E8C23 #234E8C #8C234E

tetradic

#4E8C23 #23838C #61238C #8C2D23

square

#4E8C23 #23838C #61238C #8C2D23

split-complementary

#4E8C23 #2D238C #8C2383

monochromatic

#172A0B #335B17 #4E8C23 #69BD2F #89D455

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#4E8C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#4E8C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8C23

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8C23	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)

#91800F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C8778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.150 135.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ae65',
    500: '#4e8c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8c23;
$custom-light: #85ae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57677,
    "c": 0.15027,
    "h": 135.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8C23

secondary

#8F52B8

accent

#45E3A2

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1006

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8C23

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

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