#516D15#516D15

#516D15 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.116 H 126.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516D15
RGB	rgb(81, 109, 21)
HSL	hsl(79, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(79, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 0%, 80.7%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.37, -23.72, 42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.37, 48.54, 119.25°)
OKLab	oklab(49.52% -0.0686 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(49.52% 0.116 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9974, 12.7406, 2.6945)
Luminance	0.1274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516D15 #31156D

analogous

#6D5D15 #516D15 #256D15

triadic

#516D15 #15516D #6D1551

tetradic

#516D15 #156D5D #31156D #6D1525

square

#516D15 #156D5D #31156D #6D1525

split-complementary

#516D15 #15256D #5D156D

monochromatic

#131A05 #2B3A0B #516D15 #77A01F #9DD429

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#516D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#516D15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516D15

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516D15	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)

#736501

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F641E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55675D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 109, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.116 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85975a',
    500: '#516d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516d15;
$custom-light: #85975a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.091,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49516,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516D15

secondary

#5C3AA3

accent

#3DEB74

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516D15

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

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