#516C1A#516C1A

#516C1A is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.112 H 126.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516C1A
RGB	rgb(81, 108, 26)
HSL	hsl(80, 61%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(80, 76%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 0%, 75.9%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.08, -22.92, 40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.08, 46.28, 119.68°)
OKLab	oklab(49.29% -0.066 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(49.29% 0.112 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9424, 12.5489, 2.9281)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516C1A #351A6C

analogous

#6C5E1A #516C1A #286C1A

triadic

#516C1A #1A516C #6C1A51

tetradic

#516C1A #1A6C5E #351A6C #6C1A28

square

#516C1A #1A6C5E #351A6C #6C1A28

split-complementary

#516C1A #1A286C #5E1A6C

monochromatic

#121906 #2C3B0E #516C1A #769D26 #9BCE33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#516C1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#516C1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516C1A

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516C1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516C1A	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)

#72640B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6321

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55675C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516c1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 108, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.112 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85965d',
    500: '#516c1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516c1a;
$custom-light: #85965d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516c1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.756,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49287,
    "c": 0.11154,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516C1A

secondary

#6041A1

accent

#43E478

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF2E9

border

#CACCC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516C1A

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

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