#516C18#516C18

#516C18 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.113 H 126.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516C18
RGB	rgb(81, 108, 24)
HSL	hsl(79, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(79, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 0%, 77.8%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.06, -23.04, 40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.06, 47.01, 119.35°)
OKLab	oklab(49.27% -0.0665 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(49.27% 0.113 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.9208, 12.5403, 2.8145)
Luminance	0.1254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516C18 #33186C

analogous

#6C5D18 #516C18 #276C18

triadic

#516C18 #18516C #6C1851

tetradic

#516C18 #186C5D #33186C #6C1827

square

#516C18 #186C5D #33186C #6C1827

split-complementary

#516C18 #18276C #5D186C

monochromatic

#131906 #2B3A0D #516C18 #779E23 #9CD02E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#516C18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#516C18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516C18

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516C18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516C18	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)

#726407

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55675C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516c18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 108, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.113 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85965c',
    500: '#516c18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516c18;
$custom-light: #85965c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516c18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.286,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49272,
    "c": 0.11286,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516C18

secondary

#5E3EA2

accent

#41E776

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF2E9

border

#CACCC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516C18

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

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