#516D14#516D14

#516D14 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.117 H 126.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516D14
RGB	rgb(81, 109, 20)
HSL	hsl(79, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(79, 82%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 0%, 81.7%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.36, -23.77, 42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.36, 48.87, 119.11°)
OKLab	oklab(49.51% -0.0688 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(49.51% 0.117 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9883, 12.7370, 2.6466)
Luminance	0.1274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516D14 #30146D

analogous

#6D5C14 #516D14 #256D14

triadic

#516D14 #14516D #6D1451

tetradic

#516D14 #146D5C #30146D #6D1425

square

#516D14 #146D5C #30146D #6D1425

split-complementary

#516D14 #14256D #5C146D

monochromatic

#131A05 #2B390B #516D14 #77A11D #9ED427

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#516D14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#516D14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516D14

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516D14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516D14	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F641D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55675D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516d14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 109, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.117 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85975a',
    500: '#516d14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516d14;
$custom-light: #85975a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516d14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.876,
    "s": 68.992,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49509,
    "c": 0.11659,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516D14

secondary

#5B39A4

accent

#3CEC73

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516D14

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

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