#516C2E#516C2E

#516C2E is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.094 H 128.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516C2E
RGB	rgb(81, 108, 46)
HSL	hsl(86, 40%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(86, 57%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 0%, 57.4%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.26, -21.16, 31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.26, 37.61, 124.24°)
OKLab	oklab(49.5% -0.0592 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(49.5% 0.094 128.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2490, 12.6715, 4.5428)
Luminance	0.1267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516C2E #492E6C

analogous

#6C682E #516C2E #326C2E

triadic

#516C2E #2E516C #6C2E51

tetradic

#516C2E #2E6C68 #492E6C #6C2E32

square

#516C2E #2E6C68 #492E6C #6C2E32

split-complementary

#516C2E #2E326C #682E6C

monochromatic

#111609 #31411C #516C2E #719740 #90B95B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#516C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#516C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516C2E

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516C2E	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53685E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 108, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.094 128.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849669',
    500: '#516c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516c2e;
$custom-light: #849669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.129,
    "s": 40.26,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.495,
    "c": 0.09426,
    "h": 128.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516C2E

secondary

#76589E

accent

#58D08C

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#EFF2EB

border

#CACCC6

text

#0B0D06

muted

#7C7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #516C2E

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

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