#516B16#516B16

#516B16 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.113 H 125.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516B16
RGB	rgb(81, 107, 22)
HSL	hsl(78, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(78, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 79.4%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.72, -22.65, 41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.72, 47.18, 118.69°)
OKLab	oklab(48.99% -0.0656 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(48.99% 0.113 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7959, 12.3225, 2.6740)
Luminance	0.1232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516B16 #30166B

analogous

#6B5A16 #516B16 #266B16

triadic

#516B16 #16516B #6B1651

tetradic

#516B16 #166B5A #30166B #6B1626

square

#516B16 #166B5A #30166B #6B1626

split-complementary

#516B16 #16266B #5A166B

monochromatic

#131905 #2B380C #516B16 #779E20 #9ED12B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#516B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#516B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516B16

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516B16	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)

#716303

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55665B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 107, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.113 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85955b',
    500: '#516b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516b16;
$custom-light: #85955b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.353,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48994,
    "c": 0.11277,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516B16

secondary

#5B3BA1

accent

#3FE973

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF1E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516B16

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

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