#4E991B#4E991B

#4E991B is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.171 H 136.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E991B
RGB	rgb(78, 153, 27)
HSL	hsl(96, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(96, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 0%, 82.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, -44.21, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 69.45, 129.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% -0.1233 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.171 136.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.7305, 24.4803, 4.9857)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E991B #661B99

analogous

#8D991B #4E991B #1B9927

triadic

#4E991B #1B4E99 #991B4E

tetradic

#4E991B #1B8D99 #661B99 #99271B

square

#4E991B #1B8D99 #661B99 #99271B

split-complementary

#4E991B #271B99 #991B8D

monochromatic

#193109 #336512 #4E991B #69CD24 #89E04F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#4E991B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#4E991B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E991B

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E991B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E991B	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95852A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A9382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e991b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 153, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.171 136.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b864',
    500: '#4e991b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e991b;
$custom-light: #87b864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e991b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.714,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61089,
    "c": 0.17076,
    "h": 136.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E991B

secondary

#934EC2

accent

#3BEDA5

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1106

muted

#7D807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E991B

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

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