#516C14#516C14

#516C14 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.115 H 125.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516C14
RGB	rgb(81, 108, 20)
HSL	hsl(78, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(78, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 0%, 81.5%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.04, -23.27, 42.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.04, 48.36, 118.76°)
OKLab	oklab(49.25% -0.0675 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(49.25% 0.115 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8822, 12.5248, 2.6113)
Luminance	0.1253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516C14 #2F146C

analogous

#6C5B14 #516C14 #256C14

triadic

#516C14 #14516C #6C1451

tetradic

#516C14 #146C5B #2F146C #6C1425

square

#516C14 #146C5B #2F146C #6C1425

split-complementary

#516C14 #14256C #5B146C

monochromatic

#131A05 #2A380A #516C14 #78A01E #9ED327

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#516C14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#516C14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516C14

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516C14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516C14	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55665C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516c14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 108, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.115 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85965a',
    500: '#516c14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516c14;
$custom-light: #85965a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516c14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.409,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49245,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516C14

secondary

#5939A3

accent

#3CEC72

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516C14

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

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