#516B19#516B19

#516B19 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.111 H 125.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516B19
RGB	rgb(81, 107, 25)
HSL	hsl(79, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(79, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 0%, 76.6%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.74, -22.47, 40.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.74, 46.12, 119.16°)
OKLab	oklab(49.02% -0.0649 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(49.02% 0.111 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8266, 12.3348, 2.8353)
Luminance	0.1234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516B19 #33196B

analogous

#6B5C19 #516B19 #286B19

triadic

#516B19 #19516B #6B1951

tetradic

#516B19 #196B5C #33196B #6B1928

square

#516B19 #196B5C #33196B #6B1928

split-complementary

#516B19 #19286B #5C196B

monochromatic

#131906 #2B390D #516B19 #779D25 #9CCE30

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#516B19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#516B19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516B19

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516B19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516B19	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)

#716309

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55665B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516b19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 107, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.111 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85955c',
    500: '#516b19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516b19;
$custom-light: #85955c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516b19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.024,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49016,
    "c": 0.11085,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516B19

secondary

#5E3FA1

accent

#43E576

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF1E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516B19

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

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