#516A16#516A16

#516A16 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.111 H 125.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516A16
RGB	rgb(81, 106, 22)
HSL	hsl(78, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(78, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 79.2%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.40, -22.14, 41.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.40, 46.67, 118.32°)
OKLab	oklab(48.73% -0.0642 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(48.73% 0.111 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6923, 12.1152, 2.6394)
Luminance	0.1211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516A16 #2F166A

analogous

#6A5916 #516A16 #276A16

triadic

#516A16 #16516A #6A1651

tetradic

#516A16 #166A59 #2F166A #6A1627

square

#516A16 #166A59 #2F166A #6A1627

split-complementary

#516A16 #16276A #59166A

monochromatic

#131905 #2A370B #516A16 #789D21 #9ECF2B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#516A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#516A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516A16

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516A16	1.00	6.13	3.42	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706304

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D611E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55655A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 106, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.111 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85945a',
    500: '#516a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516a16;
$custom-light: #85945a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.857,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4873,
    "c": 0.11143,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516A16

secondary

#593BA0

accent

#3FE972

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF1E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516A16

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

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