#498734

Closest named color: Fern Green (#548D44). oklch(56.3% 0.133 138.6), rgb(73, 135, 52).

Black text reads best on this color (4.79:1).

About this color

#498734 is a medium-dark, moderately saturated green. In OKLCH its lightness is 56%, its chroma 0.133 and its hue 139°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. The nearest named color is Fern Green (#548D44), ΔE 0.027 away. Black text reads best on it, at 4.79:1.

Hue family	Greens
Lightness	medium-dark (56%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.133)
Temperature	in between
Nearest name	Fern Green (#548D44)
Black text	4.79:1
White text	4.37:1

Values

HEX	#498734
RGB	rgb(73, 135, 52)
HSL	hsl(105, 44%, 37%)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.133 138.6)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #498734	4.37:1	AA large text	Lc -75.6	Fine for body text
Black text on #498734	4.79:1	AA	Lc 34.0	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#498734 text on white	4.37:1	AA large text	Lc 70.1	Content text, not long reading
#498734 text on black	4.79:1	AA	Lc -31.5	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 600.

Step 50
50

#F3F7F2

oklch(97.2% 0.008 139.4)
Step 100
100

#E4EDE2

oklch(93.6% 0.017 140)
Step 200
200

#CFDFCA

oklch(88.6% 0.033 138.2)
Step 300
300

#AECAA5

oklch(80.8% 0.059 138.1)
Step 400
400

#82AF74

oklch(70.6% 0.096 138.4)
Step 500
500

#629B4F

oklch(63.2% 0.123 138.3)
Step 600
600 (this color)

#498734

oklch(56.3% 0.133 138.6)
Step 700
700

#387124

oklch(49.2% 0.125 138.6)
Step 800
800

#2F5C20

oklch(42.8% 0.103 138.7)
Step 900
900

#2A4B20

oklch(37.6% 0.079 138.8)
Step 950
950

#192C13

oklch(26.9% 0.051 138.5)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#498734 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#8B7C2B	0.088
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#83773A	0.088
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#458375	0.091
Achromatopsia (no color)	#797979	0.134