#516217#516217

#516217 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.100 H 121.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516217
RGB	rgb(81, 98, 23)
HSL	hsl(74, 62%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(74, 77%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 0%, 76.5%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.81, -17.88, 38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.81, 42.17, 115.09°)
OKLab	oklab(46.64% -0.0524 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(46.64% 0.1 121.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9158, 10.5466, 2.4291)
Luminance	0.1055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516217 #281762

analogous

#624D17 #516217 #2B6217

triadic

#516217 #175162 #621751

tetradic

#516217 #17624D #281762 #62172B

square

#516217 #17624D #281762 #62172B

split-complementary

#516217 #172B62 #4D1762

monochromatic

#141906 #28300B #516217 #7A9423 #A3C52E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#516217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#516217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516217

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516217	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685C09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#565D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 98, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.100 121.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848e5a',
    500: '#516217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516217;
$custom-light: #848e5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.6,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46636,
    "c": 0.10002,
    "h": 121.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516217

secondary

#513C99

accent

#43E568

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFF0E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0C04

muted

#7C7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516217

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

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