#516B15#516B15

#516B15 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.113 H 125.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516B15
RGB	rgb(81, 107, 21)
HSL	hsl(78, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(78, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 80.4%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.72, -22.71, 41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.72, 47.52, 118.54°)
OKLab	oklab(48.99% -0.0659 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(48.99% 0.113 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7865, 12.3187, 2.6242)
Luminance	0.1232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516B15 #2F156B

analogous

#6B5A15 #516B15 #266B15

triadic

#516B15 #15516B #6B1551

tetradic

#516B15 #156B5A #2F156B #6B1526

square

#516B15 #156B5A #2F156B #6B1526

split-complementary

#516B15 #15266B #5A156B

monochromatic

#131A05 #2A380B #516B15 #789E1F #9ED129

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#516B15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#516B15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516B15

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516B15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516B15	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)

#716302

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55665B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516b15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 107, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.113 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85955a',
    500: '#516b15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516b15;
$custom-light: #85955a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516b15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.14,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48987,
    "c": 0.11336,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516B15

secondary

#593AA2

accent

#3EEA72

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF1E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516B15

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

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