#516D19#516D19

#516D19 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.114 H 126.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516D19
RGB	rgb(81, 109, 25)
HSL	hsl(80, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(80, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 0%, 77.1%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.39, -23.49, 40.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.39, 47.17, 119.86°)
OKLab	oklab(49.54% -0.0676 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(49.54% 0.114 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.0375, 12.7566, 2.9057)
Luminance	0.1276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516D19 #35196D

analogous

#6D5F19 #516D19 #276D19

triadic

#516D19 #19516D #6D1951

tetradic

#516D19 #196D5F #35196D #6D1927

square

#516D19 #196D5F #35196D #6D1927

split-complementary

#516D19 #19276D #5F196D

monochromatic

#121906 #2C3B0E #516D19 #769F24 #9BD031

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#516D19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#516D19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516D19

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516D19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516D19	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736508

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6421

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55685D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516d19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 109, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.114 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85975c',
    500: '#516d19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516d19;
$custom-light: #85975c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516d19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 62.687,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49543,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516D19

secondary

#603FA2

accent

#42E679

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF2E9

border

#CACCC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516D19

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →