#516A12#516A12

#516A12 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.114 H 124.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516A12
RGB	rgb(81, 106, 18)
HSL	hsl(77, 71%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(77, 83%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 83%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.38, -22.35, 42.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.38, 47.97, 117.77°)
OKLab	oklab(48.71% -0.0651 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(48.71% 0.114 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.6566, 12.1010, 2.4518)
Luminance	0.1210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516A12 #2B126A

analogous

#6A5712 #516A12 #256A12

triadic

#516A12 #12516A #6A1251

tetradic

#516A12 #126A57 #2B126A #6A1225

square

#516A12 #126A57 #2B126A #6A1225

split-complementary

#516A12 #12256A #57126A

monochromatic

#141A04 #293609 #516A12 #799E1B #A1D324

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#516A12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#516A12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516A12

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516A12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516A12	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D611B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55645A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516a12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 106, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.114 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859459',
    500: '#516a12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516a12;
$custom-light: #859459;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516a12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.045,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48705,
    "c": 0.11372,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516A12

secondary

#5536A2

accent

#3AEE6D

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F1E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516A12

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

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