#4E9D1B#4E9D1B

#4E9D1B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.176 H 136.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9D1B
RGB	rgb(78, 157, 27)
HSL	hsl(96, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(96, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 82.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, -45.79, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 71.37, 129.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% -0.1275 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.176 136.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.3962, 25.8117, 5.2076)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9D1B #6A1B9D

analogous

#8F9D1B #4E9D1B #1B9D29

triadic

#4E9D1B #1B4E9D #9D1B4E

tetradic

#4E9D1B #1B8F9D #6A1B9D #9D291B

square

#4E9D1B #1B8F9D #6A1B9D #9D291B

split-complementary

#4E9D1B #291B9D #9D1B8F

monochromatic

#1A3509 #346912 #4E9D1B #68D124 #8AE151

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4E9D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#4E9D1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9D1B

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9D1B	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A38F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98892B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A9786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 157, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.176 136.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ba64',
    500: '#4e9d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9d1b;
$custom-light: #88ba64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.462,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62153,
    "c": 0.17555,
    "h": 136.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9D1B

secondary

#9650C4

accent

#3AEDA7

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1206

muted

#7D817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9D1B

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

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