#4E9F16#4E9F16
#4E9F16 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.180 H 136.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #4E9F16 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(78, 159, 22) |
| HSL | hsl(95, 76%, 35%) |
| HSV | hsv(95, 86%, 62%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 86.2%, 37.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(58.48, -46.80, 56.60) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(58.48, 73.44, 129.59°) |
| OKLab | oklab(62.66% -0.1305 0.1238) |
| OKLCH | oklch(62.66% 0.18 136.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(15.6844, 26.4728, 5.0422) |
| Luminance | 0.2647 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Grassy Green
#419C03
ΔE00 1.66
Lawn Green
#4DA409
ΔE00 1.71
Grass Green
#3F9B0B
ΔE00 2.00
Leaf Green
#5CA904
ΔE00 3.83
Grass
#5CAC2D
ΔE00 4.25
Leaf
#71AA34
ΔE00 5.45
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#4E9F16 #67169F
analogous
#939F16 #4E9F16 #169F22
triadic
#4E9F16 #164E9F #9F164E
tetradic
#4E9F16 #16939F #67169F #9F2216
square
#4E9F16 #16939F #67169F #9F2216
split-complementary
#4E9F16 #22169F #9F1693
monochromatic
#193307 #34690F #4E9F16 #68D51D #89E64A
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.34
#4E9F16 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.29
#4E9F16 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #4E9F16
6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##4E9F16 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##4E9F16 | 1.00 | 3.34 | 6.29 | 6.29 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.34 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.29 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.29 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A59100
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9A8A29
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4A9987
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #4e9f16; /* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 159, 22); /* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.180 136.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#88bc63',
500: '#4e9f16',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #4e9f16; $custom-light: #88bc63; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#4e9f16",
"rgb": {
"r": 78,
"g": 159,
"b": 22
},
"hsl": {
"h": 95.474,
"s": 75.691,
"l": 35.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.62661,
"c": 0.17988,
"h": 136.5
},
"luminance": 0.26474
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#4E9F16
secondary
#944AC7
accent
#36F2A5
background
#F8FBF6
surface
#F0F6EB
border
#CBD0C6
text
#0C1206
muted
#7D817A