#4E8D17#4E8D17

#4E8D17 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.158 H 134.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8D17
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 23)
HSL	hsl(92, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(92, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 0%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, -39.49, 51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 64.61, 127.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% -0.1108 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.158 134.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.8212, 20.7306, 4.1363)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8D17 #56178D

analogous

#898D17 #4E8D17 #178D1B

triadic

#4E8D17 #174E8D #8D174E

tetradic

#4E8D17 #17898D #56178D #8D1B17

square

#4E8D17 #17898D #56178D #8D1B17

split-complementary

#4E8D17 #1B178D #8D1789

monochromatic

#142406 #31580E #4E8D17 #6BC220 #8AE03F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#4E8D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#4E8D17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8D17

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8D17	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D8778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.158 134.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86af60',
    500: '#4e8d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8d17;
$custom-light: #86af60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.034,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57869,
    "c": 0.1579,
    "h": 134.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8D17

secondary

#8440C0

accent

#39EF9A

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1005

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8D17

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

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