#516243#516243

#516243 is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.052 H 131.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516243
RGB	rgb(81, 98, 67)
HSL	hsl(93, 19%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(93, 32%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 0%, 31.6%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.39, -12.80, 15.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.39, 20.16, 129.39°)
OKLab	oklab(47.3% -0.0347 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(47.3% 0.052 131.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7740, 10.8898, 6.9488)
Luminance	0.1089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516243 #544362

analogous

#616243 #516243 #436244

triadic

#516243 #435162 #624351

tetradic

#516243 #436162 #544362 #624443

square

#516243 #436162 #544362 #624443

split-complementary

#516243 #444362 #624361

monochromatic

#151911 #333E2A #516243 #6F865C #8EA57B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#516243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#516243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516243

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516243	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#525F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 98, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.052 131.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828e77',
    500: '#516243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516243;
$custom-light: #828e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.903,
    "s": 18.788,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.473,
    "c": 0.05233,
    "h": 131.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516243

secondary

#827091

accent

#6CBB98

background

#F8F8F7

surface

#EFF0ED

border

#CACBC8

text

#0A0C08

muted

#7C7D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #516243

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

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