#516B17#516B17

#516B17 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.112 H 125.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516B17
RGB	rgb(81, 107, 23)
HSL	hsl(79, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(79, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 78.5%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.73, -22.59, 41.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.73, 46.84, 118.84°)
OKLab	oklab(49% -0.0654 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(49% 0.112 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8057, 12.3265, 2.7258)
Luminance	0.1233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516B17 #31176B

analogous

#6B5B17 #516B17 #276B17

triadic

#516B17 #17516B #6B1751

tetradic

#516B17 #176B5B #31176B #6B1727

square

#516B17 #176B5B #31176B #6B1727

split-complementary

#516B17 #17276B #5B176B

monochromatic

#131905 #2B390C #516B17 #779D22 #9DD02D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#516B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#516B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516B17

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516B17	1.00	6.06	3.47	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716305

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55665B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 107, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.112 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85955b',
    500: '#516b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516b17;
$custom-light: #85955b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.571,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49001,
    "c": 0.11215,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516B17

secondary

#5C3DA1

accent

#40E874

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF1E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516B17

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

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