#516D17#516D17

#516D17 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.115 H 126.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516D17
RGB	rgb(81, 109, 23)
HSL	hsl(80, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(80, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 0%, 78.9%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.38, -23.61, 41.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.38, 47.88, 119.54°)
OKLab	oklab(49.53% -0.0681 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(49.53% 0.115 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.0167, 12.7483, 2.7961)
Luminance	0.1275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516D17 #33176D

analogous

#6D5E17 #516D17 #266D17

triadic

#516D17 #17516D #6D1751

tetradic

#516D17 #176D5E #33176D #6D1726

square

#516D17 #176D5E #33176D #6D1726

split-complementary

#516D17 #17266D #5E176D

monochromatic

#131905 #2B3A0C #516D17 #77A022 #9CD22C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#516D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#516D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516D17

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516D17	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)

#736504

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F641F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55685D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 109, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.115 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85975b',
    500: '#516d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516d17;
$custom-light: #85975b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.535,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49529,
    "c": 0.11484,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516D17

secondary

#5E3DA3

accent

#40E877

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF2E9

border

#CACCC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516D17

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

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