#516D26#516D26

#516D26 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.103 H 128.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516D26
RGB	rgb(81, 109, 38)
HSL	hsl(84, 48%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(84, 65%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 0%, 65.1%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.50, -22.49, 35.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.50, 41.91, 122.45°)
OKLab	oklab(49.66% -0.0637 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(49.66% 0.103 128)
XYZ	xyz(9.2118, 12.8264, 3.8238)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516D26 #42266D

analogous

#6D6626 #516D26 #2E6D26

triadic

#516D26 #26516D #6D2651

tetradic

#516D26 #266D66 #42266D #6D262E

square

#516D26 #266D66 #42266D #6D262E

split-complementary

#516D26 #262E6D #66266D

monochromatic

#111708 #2F4016 #516D26 #739A36 #93C14D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#516D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#516D26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516D26

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516D26	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72661E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E642B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54685E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 109, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.103 128.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849764',
    500: '#516d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516d26;
$custom-light: #849764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.662,
    "s": 48.299,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49663,
    "c": 0.10348,
    "h": 128
  },
  "luminance": 0.12827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516D26

secondary

#6F4FA0

accent

#50D886

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#EFF2EB

border

#CACCC6

text

#0B0D05

muted

#7C7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #516D26

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

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