#516D1A#516D1A

#516D1A is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.113 H 126.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516D1A
RGB	rgb(81, 109, 26)
HSL	hsl(80, 61%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(80, 76%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 0%, 76.1%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.40, -23.42, 40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.40, 46.81, 120.02°)
OKLab	oklab(49.55% -0.0674 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(49.55% 0.113 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.0485, 12.7610, 2.9635)
Luminance	0.1276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516D1A #361A6D

analogous

#6D601A #516D1A #286D1A

triadic

#516D1A #1A516D #6D1A51

tetradic

#516D1A #1A6D60 #361A6D #6D1A28

square

#516D1A #1A6D60 #361A6D #6D1A28

split-complementary

#516D1A #1A286D #601A6D

monochromatic

#121906 #2C3C0E #516D1A #769E26 #9ACE33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#516D1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#516D1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516D1A

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516D1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516D1A	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)

#73650B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6422

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54685D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516d1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 109, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.113 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85975d',
    500: '#516d1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516d1a;
$custom-light: #85975d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516d1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.241,
    "s": 61.481,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49551,
    "c": 0.11291,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516D1A

secondary

#6241A2

accent

#43E57A

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF2E9

border

#CACCC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516D1A

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

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