#516D41#516D41

#516D41 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.074 H 134.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516D41
RGB	rgb(81, 109, 65)
HSL	hsl(98, 25%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(98, 40%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 0%, 40.4%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.87, -19.15, 21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.87, 28.68, 131.88°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% -0.0524 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.074 134.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.8159, 13.0680, 7.0052)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516D41 #5D416D

analogous

#676D41 #516D41 #416D47

triadic

#516D41 #41516D #6D4151

tetradic

#516D41 #41676D #5D416D #6D4741

square

#516D41 #41676D #5D416D #6D4741

split-complementary

#516D41 #47416D #6D4167

monochromatic

#182013 #35472A #516D41 #6D9358 #8DAF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#516D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#516D41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516D41

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516D41	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)

#70673E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#516A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 109, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.074 134.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#839776',
    500: '#516d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516d41;
$custom-light: #839776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.182,
    "s": 25.287,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50077,
    "c": 0.07432,
    "h": 134.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516D41

secondary

#8B6F9B

accent

#66C2A0

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#EFF2ED

border

#CACCC8

text

#0A0D08

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #516D41

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

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