#516C1E#516C1E

#516C1E is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.109 H 126.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516C1E
RGB	rgb(81, 108, 30)
HSL	hsl(81, 57%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(81, 72%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 0%, 72.2%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.10, -22.64, 38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.10, 44.74, 120.40°)
OKLab	oklab(49.32% -0.0649 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(49.32% 0.109 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.9903, 12.5680, 3.1803)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516C1E #391E6C

analogous

#6C601E #516C1E #2A6C1E

triadic

#516C1E #1E516C #6C1E51

tetradic

#516C1E #1E6C60 #391E6C #6C1E2A

square

#516C1E #1E6C60 #391E6C #6C1E2A

split-complementary

#516C1E #1E2A6C #601E6C

monochromatic

#121807 #2D3C11 #516C1E #759C2B #98C93C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#516C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#516C1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516C1E

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516C1E	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)

#726412

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6324

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54675C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 108, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.109 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84965f',
    500: '#516c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516c1e;
$custom-light: #84965f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.769,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4932,
    "c": 0.10867,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516C1E

secondary

#6545A0

accent

#48E07D

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF2E9

border

#CACCC5

text

#0B0D05

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516C1E

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

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