#516B14#516B14

#516B14 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.114 H 125.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516B14
RGB	rgb(81, 107, 20)
HSL	hsl(78, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(78, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 81.3%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.71, -22.76, 42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.71, 47.85, 118.40°)
OKLab	oklab(48.98% -0.0661 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(48.98% 0.114 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7774, 12.3151, 2.5763)
Luminance	0.1231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516B14 #2E146B

analogous

#6B5A14 #516B14 #266B14

triadic

#516B14 #14516B #6B1451

tetradic

#516B14 #146B5A #2E146B #6B1426

square

#516B14 #146B5A #2E146B #6B1426

split-complementary

#516B14 #14266B #5A146B

monochromatic

#141A05 #2A370A #516B14 #789F1E #9FD227

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#516B14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#516B14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516B14

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516B14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516B14	1.00	6.06	3.46	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55655B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516b14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 107, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.114 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85955a',
    500: '#516b14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516b14;
$custom-light: #85955a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516b14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.931,
    "s": 68.504,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48981,
    "c": 0.11394,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516B14

secondary

#5839A2

accent

#3CEB71

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF1E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516B14

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

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