#516B18#516B18

#516B18 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	#516B18
RGB	rgb(81, 107, 24)
HSL	hsl(79, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(79, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 77.6%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.74, -22.53, 40.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.74, 46.48, 118.99°)
OKLab	oklab(49.01% -0.0651 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(49.01% 0.112 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8160, 12.3305, 2.7795)
Luminance	0.1233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516B18 #32186B

analogous

#6B5B18 #516B18 #276B18

triadic

#516B18 #18516B #6B1851

tetradic

#516B18 #186B5B #32186B #6B1827

square

#516B18 #186B5B #32186B #6B1827

split-complementary

#516B18 #18276B #5B186B

monochromatic

#131906 #2B390D #516B18 #779D23 #9DCF2E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#516B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#516B18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516B18

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516B18	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)

#716307

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55665B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 107, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.112 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85955c',
    500: '#516b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516b18;
$custom-light: #85955c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.795,
    "s": 63.359,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49008,
    "c": 0.11151,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516B18

secondary

#5D3EA1

accent

#41E675

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF1E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516B18

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

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