#516D20#516D20

#516D20 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.109 H 127.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516D20
RGB	rgb(81, 109, 32)
HSL	hsl(82, 55%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(82, 71%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 0%, 70.6%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.45, -23.00, 38.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.45, 44.48, 121.13°)
OKLab	oklab(49.6% -0.0656 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(49.6% 0.109 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1227, 12.7907, 3.3544)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516D20 #3C206D

analogous

#6D6220 #516D20 #2B6D20

triadic

#516D20 #20516D #6D2051

tetradic

#516D20 #206D62 #3C206D #6D202B

square

#516D20 #206D62 #3C206D #6D202B

split-complementary

#516D20 #202B6D #62206D

monochromatic

#121807 #2E3E12 #516D20 #749C2E #96C740

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#516D20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#516D20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516D20

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516D20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516D20	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54685D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516d20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 109, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.109 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849760',
    500: '#516d20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516d20;
$custom-light: #849760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516d20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.818,
    "s": 54.61,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49602,
    "c": 0.10853,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516D20

secondary

#6848A1

accent

#4ADE80

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF2EA

border

#CACCC6

text

#0B0D05

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516D20

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

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