#516C16#516C16

#516C16 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.114 H 126.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516C16
RGB	rgb(81, 108, 22)
HSL	hsl(79, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(79, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 0%, 79.6%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.05, -23.16, 41.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.05, 47.70, 119.05°)
OKLab	oklab(49.26% -0.067 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(49.26% 0.114 126)
XYZ	xyz(8.9008, 12.5322, 2.7089)
Luminance	0.1253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516C16 #31166C

analogous

#6C5C16 #516C16 #266C16

triadic

#516C16 #16516C #6C1651

tetradic

#516C16 #166C5C #31166C #6C1626

square

#516C16 #166C5C #31166C #6C1626

split-complementary

#516C16 #16266C #5C166C

monochromatic

#131905 #2B390C #516C16 #779F20 #9DD22B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#516C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#516C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516C16

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516C16	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)

#726403

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55675C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 108, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.114 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85965b',
    500: '#516c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516c16;
$custom-light: #85965b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.837,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49258,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.12532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516C16

secondary

#5C3CA2

accent

#3FE974

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF2E9

border

#CACCC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516C16

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

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