#516C19#516C19

#516C19 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.112 H 126.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516C19
RGB	rgb(81, 108, 25)
HSL	hsl(80, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(80, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 0%, 76.9%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.07, -22.98, 40.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.07, 46.65, 119.51°)
OKLab	oklab(49.28% -0.0663 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(49.28% 0.112 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9314, 12.5445, 2.8703)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516C19 #34196C

analogous

#6C5D19 #516C19 #276C19

triadic

#516C19 #19516C #6C1951

tetradic

#516C19 #196C5D #34196C #6C1927

square

#516C19 #196C5D #34196C #6C1927

split-complementary

#516C19 #19276C #5D196C

monochromatic

#131906 #2C3A0D #516C19 #769E25 #9BCF30

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#516C19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#516C19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516C19

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516C19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516C19	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726409

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6321

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55675C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516c19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 108, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.112 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85965c',
    500: '#516c19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516c19;
$custom-light: #85965c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516c19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.518,
    "s": 62.406,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49279,
    "c": 0.11222,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516C19

secondary

#5F3FA1

accent

#42E577

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF2E9

border

#CACCC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516C19

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

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