Information about #487A05 color

#487A05 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#487A05 falls into the Chartreuse Color Family — Full Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(72, 122, 5) — 28.2% red, 47.8% green, 2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 20 / 0 / 46 / 52. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #487A05 reads as a pure, full-strength yellow-green and stays on the darker end of the scale. Expect to see shades like this in dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Avocado (#568203). Slightly further away sit Dark Grass Green (#388004) and Seaweed Green (#437C17).

The recipe behind #487A05 is rgb(72, 122, 5), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #487A05: 5.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.1:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#487A05 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#487A05 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #487A05

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#487A05
  • RGB72, 122, 5
  • CMYK20, 0, 46, 52
  • CSSrgb(72, 122, 5)
  • HSL86°, 92%, 25%
  • HSL Precise85.641°, 92.126%, 24.902%
  • HSV86°, 96%, 48%
  • HSB86°, 96%, 48%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.282
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.478
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.020
  • GLSLvec3(0.282, 0.478, 0.020)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.282, 0.478, 0.020, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.282, 0.478, 0.020)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB28.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB47.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB2%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID487A05
  • DECIMAL ID4749829
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01