Tailwind CSS v3 color

Tailwind lime-700 #4D7C0F

Tailwind CSS v3's lime-700 is #4D7C0F. It is a soft green in the green family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.532, chroma 0.141 and hue 131.6°. The nearest CSS named color is green (#008000), ΔE2000 6.9 away.

Relative luminance
0.1603
OKLCH L · C · h
0.532 · 0.141 · 131.6
Best text
White 4.99:1
Hue family
Green
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#4D7C0F color codes

HEX
#4D7C0F
RGB
rgb(77, 124, 15)
HSL
hsl(86, 78%, 27%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.532 0.141 131.6)
OKLab
oklab(0.532 -0.093 0.105)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 47.01, a* -32.80, b* 48.23
XYZ (D65)
X 10.35, Y 16.03, Z 3.00
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(38%, 0%, 88%, 51%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #4D7C0F accessible?

White text on it reaches 4.99:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 4.20:1, enough for large text only.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

  • Black text on it

    4.20:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +29

  • White text on it

    4.99:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −79

  • As text on black

    4.20:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −27

  • As text on white

    4.99:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +74

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #4D7C0F 4.99:1

    It already reaches 4.99:1 on white, so no change is needed.

  • For text on black

    #518117 4.50:1

    Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.53 to 0.55 reaches 4.50:1 on black, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #4D7C0F live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #4D7C0F

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #4D7C0F sits at step 600.

  1. 50#E6FFD2
    White
    1.07
    Black
    19.59
  2. 100#CFFCAA
    White
    1.15
    Black
    18.15
  3. 200#BAE992
    White
    1.38
    Black
    15.15
  4. 300#9FCF73
    White
    1.80
    Black
    11.64
  5. 400#81B352
    White
    2.46
    Black
    8.50
  6. 500#669733
    White
    3.47
    Black
    6.03
  7. 600This color#4D7C0F
    White
    4.99
    Black
    4.20
  8. 700#3C6500
    White
    6.87
    Black
    3.05
  9. 800#2B4A00
    White
    10.08
    Black
    2.08
  10. 900#1A3000
    White
    14.31
    Black
    1.46
  11. 950#0C1B00
    White
    17.91
    Black
    1.17

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Tailwind CSS v3 lime scale

The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.

  1. 50#F7FEE7
    White
    1.03
    Black
    20.28
  2. 100#ECFCCB
    White
    1.08
    Black
    19.35
  3. 200#D9F99D
    White
    1.16
    Black
    17.98
  4. 300#BEF264
    White
    1.30
    Black
    16.07
  5. 400#A3E635
    White
    1.50
    Black
    13.92
  6. 500#84CC16
    White
    1.97
    Black
    10.62
  7. 600#65A30D
    White
    3.08
    Black
    6.79
  8. 700This color#4D7C0F
    White
    4.99
    Black
    4.20
  9. 800#3F6212
    White
    7.07
    Black
    2.96
  10. 900#365314
    White
    8.73
    Black
    2.40
  11. 950#1A2E05
    White
    14.61
    Black
    1.43

Gamut

How vivid #4D7C0F can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.147; #4D7C0F uses 96% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.172 there: 17% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.141
sRGB edge
0.147
Display P3 edge
0.172
Rec. 2020 edge
0.178
Dominant wavelength
559 nm
Excitation purity
72%
Chromaticity
x 0.3524, y 0.5455
  • This color#4D7C0F
  • Most vivid in sRGB#4B7D00
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.532 0.172 131.6)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #4d7c0f;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.3241 0.491 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #4D7C0F

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

  • sRGB50%#A6BE87
  • OKLab50%#A3BD8E
  • OKLCH50%#A3BD8E

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#273E08
  • OKLab50%#182C02
  • OKLCH50%#182C02

Its complement #8751A7

  • sRGB50%#6A675B
  • OKLab50%#6C6C6C
  • OKLCH50%#007995
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #4d7c0f, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #4d7c0f 50%, white);

In use

#4D7C0F in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:14.99:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.99:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:14.99:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.99:1 Passes

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:14.99:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.75:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:13.75:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.75:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #5A8A23 4.54:1

Color vision

How #4D7C0F looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 25.5; deuteranopia changes it least, 15.5.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #827200 ΔE2000 16.7

    Distinct

    Reads as soft amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #7B6E1D ΔE2000 15.5

    Distinct

    Reads as muted brown

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #4E7669 ΔE2000 20.7

    Distinct

    Reads as grayish teal

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #6F6F6F ΔE2000 25.5

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #8751A7. Their lightness contrast is only 1.11:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#4D7C0F · #8751A769.8Stays distinct
Protanopia#827200 · #3B65AA51.8Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#7B6E1D · #4C69A547.2Stays distinct
Tritanopia#4E7669 · #835F7434.4Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#6F6F6F · #6868682.7Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #4D7C0F

Its complement is #8751A7, a soft violet.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#4D7C0F
  • Complement#8751A7

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#7A6E00
  • Base#4D7C0F
  • +30°#008156

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#4D7C0F
  • +120°#1E6EBA
  • +240°#AE4357

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#4D7C0F
  • +150°#615FBB
  • +210°#A04683

Split-complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-lime-700: #4d7c0f;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js — already built in as lime-700;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        lime: { 700: '#4d7c0f' },
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  /* v4 has its own lime-700; this pins the v3 value. */
  --color-lime-700: oklch(0.532 0.141 131.6);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "lime-700": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.302, 0.4863, 0.0588],
        "hex": "#4d7c0f"
      },
      "$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 lime-700"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let lime700 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.302, green: 0.486, blue: 0.059, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Lime700 = Color(0xFF4D7C0F)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #4D7C0F in the tools

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