#516D16#516D16

#516D16 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.115 H 126.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516D16
RGB	rgb(81, 109, 22)
HSL	hsl(79, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(79, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 0%, 79.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.38, -23.66, 42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.38, 48.22, 119.39°)
OKLab	oklab(49.52% -0.0684 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(49.52% 0.115 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.0068, 12.7444, 2.7443)
Luminance	0.1275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516D16 #32166D

analogous

#6D5D16 #516D16 #266D16

triadic

#516D16 #16516D #6D1651

tetradic

#516D16 #166D5D #32166D #6D1626

square

#516D16 #166D5D #32166D #6D1626

split-complementary

#516D16 #16266D #5D166D

monochromatic

#131905 #2B3A0C #516D16 #77A020 #9DD32B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#516D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#516D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516D16

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516D16	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)

#736503

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F641F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55685D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 109, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.115 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85975b',
    500: '#516d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516d16;
$custom-light: #85975b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.31,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49522,
    "c": 0.11544,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516D16

secondary

#5D3CA3

accent

#3EE975

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF2E9

border

#CACCC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516D16

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

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