#4E9717#4E9717

#4E9717 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.170 H 135.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9717
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 23)
HSL	hsl(94, 74%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(94, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 0%, 84.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, -43.60, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 69.45, 128.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% -0.1218 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.17 135.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.3628, 23.8138, 4.6502)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9717 #601797

analogous

#8E9717 #4E9717 #179720

triadic

#4E9717 #174E97 #97174E

tetradic

#4E9717 #178E97 #601797 #972017

square

#4E9717 #178E97 #601797 #972017

split-complementary

#4E9717 #201797 #97178E

monochromatic

#172D07 #33620F #4E9717 #69CC1F #89E346

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#4E9717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#4E9717 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9717

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9717	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B9180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.170 135.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b662',
    500: '#4e9717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9717;
$custom-light: #87b662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.219,
    "s": 73.563,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60537,
    "c": 0.17005,
    "h": 135.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9717

secondary

#8E46C4

accent

#38F0A1

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1106

muted

#7D807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9717

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

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