#516E15#516E15

#516E15 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.117 H 126.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516E15
RGB	rgb(81, 110, 21)
HSL	hsl(80, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(80, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 80.9%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.70, -24.22, 42.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.70, 49.06, 119.59°)
OKLab	oklab(49.78% -0.07 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(49.78% 0.117 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.1047, 12.9552, 2.7302)
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

#516E15 #32156E

analogous

#6E5E15 #516E15 #246E15

triadic

#516E15 #15516E #6E1551

tetradic

#516E15 #156E5E #32156E #6E1524

square

#516E15 #156E5E #32156E #6E1524

split-complementary

#516E15 #15246E #5E156E

monochromatic

#131A05 #2B3B0B #516E15 #77A11F #9DD529

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#516E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#516E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516E15

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516E15	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)

#70641E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55685D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 110, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.117 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85975b',
    500: '#516e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516e15;
$custom-light: #85975b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.551,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4978,
    "c": 0.11736,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516E15

secondary

#5D3AA4

accent

#3DEB76

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516E15

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

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