#516E14#516E14

#516E14 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.118 H 126.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516E14
RGB	rgb(81, 110, 20)
HSL	hsl(79, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(79, 82%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 81.8%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.69, -24.27, 42.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.69, 49.37, 119.45°)
OKLab	oklab(49.77% -0.0702 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(49.77% 0.118 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.0956, 12.9515, 2.6824)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516E14 #31146E

analogous

#6E5E14 #516E14 #246E14

triadic

#516E14 #14516E #6E1451

tetradic

#516E14 #146E5E #31146E #6E1424

square

#516E14 #146E5E #31146E #6E1424

split-complementary

#516E14 #14246E #5E146E

monochromatic

#131A05 #2B3A0B #516E14 #77A21D #9DD627

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#516E14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#516E14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516E14

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516E14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516E14	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55685D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516e14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 110, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.118 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85975a',
    500: '#516e14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516e14;
$custom-light: #85975a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516e14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.333,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49774,
    "c": 0.11791,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516E14

secondary

#5C39A5

accent

#3CEC75

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516E14

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

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