#516D30#516D30

#516D30 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.094 H 129.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516D30
RGB	rgb(81, 109, 48)
HSL	hsl(88, 39%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(88, 56%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 0%, 56%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.61, -21.45, 30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.61, 37.25, 125.16°)
OKLab	oklab(49.79% -0.0599 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(49.79% 0.094 129.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.3954, 12.8998, 4.7906)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516D30 #4C306D

analogous

#6D6A30 #516D30 #326D30

triadic

#516D30 #30516D #6D3051

tetradic

#516D30 #306D6A #4C306D #6D3032

square

#516D30 #306D6A #4C306D #6D3032

split-complementary

#516D30 #30326D #6A306D

monochromatic

#12180B #31431D #516D30 #719743 #8FB85F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#516D30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#516D30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516D30

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516D30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516D30	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72662A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53695F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516d30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 109, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.094 129.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83976a',
    500: '#516d30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516d30;
$custom-light: #83976a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516d30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.541,
    "s": 38.854,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4979,
    "c": 0.09374,
    "h": 129.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516D30

secondary

#7A5B9E

accent

#59CF8F

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#EFF2EB

border

#CACCC6

text

#0B0D06

muted

#7C7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #516D30

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

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