#516A20#516A20

#516A20 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.104 H 126.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516A20
RGB	rgb(81, 106, 32)
HSL	hsl(80, 54%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(80, 70%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 69.8%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.47, -21.46, 37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.47, 42.82, 120.08°)
OKLab	oklab(48.81% -0.0614 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(48.81% 0.104 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.8081, 12.1616, 3.2496)
Luminance	0.1216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516A20 #39206A

analogous

#6A5E20 #516A20 #2C6A20

triadic

#516A20 #20516A #6A2051

tetradic

#516A20 #206A5E #39206A #6A202C

square

#516A20 #206A5E #39206A #6A202C

split-complementary

#516A20 #202C6A #5E206A

monochromatic

#121807 #2D3B12 #516A20 #75992E #98C53F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#516A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#516A20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516A20

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516A20	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54655B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 106, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.104 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849460',
    500: '#516a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516a20;
$custom-light: #849460;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.27,
    "s": 53.623,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48813,
    "c": 0.10429,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516A20

secondary

#65489E

accent

#4BDD7C

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF1EA

border

#CACBC6

text

#0B0D05

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516A20

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

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