#516D2A#516D2A

#516D2A is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.100 H 128.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516D2A
RGB	rgb(81, 109, 42)
HSL	hsl(85, 44%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(85, 61%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 0%, 61.5%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.54, -22.10, 33.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.54, 40.09, 123.45°)
OKLab	oklab(49.71% -0.0622 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(49.71% 0.1 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.2799, 12.8536, 4.1821)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516D2A #462A6D

analogous

#6D682A #516D2A #2F6D2A

triadic

#516D2A #2A516D #6D2A51

tetradic

#516D2A #2A6D68 #462A6D #6D2A2F

square

#516D2A #2A6D68 #462A6D #6D2A2F

split-complementary

#516D2A #2A2F6D #682A6D

monochromatic

#101609 #304119 #516D2A #72993B #91BD54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#516D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#516D2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516D2A

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516D2A	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E642F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53685E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 109, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.100 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849766',
    500: '#516d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516d2a;
$custom-light: #849766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.075,
    "s": 44.371,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4971,
    "c": 0.09977,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516D2A

secondary

#73549F

accent

#54D489

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#EFF2EB

border

#CACCC6

text

#0B0D06

muted

#7C7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #516D2A

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

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