#4E8D15#4E8D15

#4E8D15 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.159 H 134.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8D15
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 21)
HSL	hsl(92, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(92, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 0%, 85.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.64, -39.58, 51.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.64, 65.09, 127.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% -0.1112 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.159 134.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.8019, 20.7229, 4.0347)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8D15 #54158D

analogous

#8A8D15 #4E8D15 #158D18

triadic

#4E8D15 #154E8D #8D154E

tetradic

#4E8D15 #158A8D #54158D #8D1815

square

#4E8D15 #158A8D #54158D #8D1815

split-complementary

#4E8D15 #18158D #8D158A

monochromatic

#132205 #31580D #4E8D15 #6BC21D #8AE23B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#4E8D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#4E8D15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8D15

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8D15	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D8778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.159 134.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86af5f',
    500: '#4e8d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8d15;
$custom-light: #86af5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57859,
    "c": 0.15875,
    "h": 134.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8D15

secondary

#823DC1

accent

#37F199

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#F0F4EA

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1005

muted

#7D7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8D15

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

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