#516D40#516D40

#516D40 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.076 H 134.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516D40
RGB	rgb(81, 109, 64)
HSL	hsl(97, 26%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(97, 41%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 0%, 41.3%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.85, -19.30, 21.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.85, 29.19, 131.38°)
OKLab	oklab(50.06% -0.0528 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(50.06% 0.076 134.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7872, 13.0565, 6.8540)
Luminance	0.1306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516D40 #5C406D

analogous

#686D40 #516D40 #406D46

triadic

#516D40 #40516D #6D4051

tetradic

#516D40 #40686D #5C406D #6D4640

square

#516D40 #40686D #5C406D #6D4640

split-complementary

#516D40 #46406D #6D4068

monochromatic

#182013 #344629 #516D40 #6E9457 #8DB078

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#516D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#516D40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516D40

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516D40	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70673D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#516A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 109, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.076 134.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#839775',
    500: '#516d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516d40;
$custom-light: #839775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.333,
    "s": 26.012,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50057,
    "c": 0.07553,
    "h": 134.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516D40

secondary

#8A6E9B

accent

#65C29F

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#EFF2ED

border

#CACCC8

text

#0A0D08

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #516D40

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

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