#516C2B#516C2B

#516C2B is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.097 H 128.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516C2B
RGB	rgb(81, 108, 43)
HSL	hsl(85, 43%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(85, 60%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 0%, 60.2%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.23, -21.48, 32.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.23, 39.04, 123.39°)
OKLab	oklab(49.46% -0.0604 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(49.46% 0.097 128.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1919, 12.6487, 4.2422)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516C2B #462B6C

analogous

#6C672B #516C2B #316C2B

triadic

#516C2B #2B516C #6C2B51

tetradic

#516C2B #2B6C67 #462B6C #6C2B31

square

#516C2B #2B6C67 #462B6C #6C2B31

split-complementary

#516C2B #2B316C #672B6C

monochromatic

#101609 #30401A #516C2B #72983C #91BC56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#516C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#516C2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516C2B

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516C2B	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D632F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53675E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 108, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.097 128.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849667',
    500: '#516c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516c2b;
$custom-light: #849667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.923,
    "s": 43.046,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49461,
    "c": 0.0973,
    "h": 128.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516C2B

secondary

#73559E

accent

#55D389

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#EFF2EB

border

#CACCC6

text

#0B0D06

muted

#7C7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #516C2B

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

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