#516E16#516E16

#516E16 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.117 H 126.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516E16
RGB	rgb(81, 110, 22)
HSL	hsl(80, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(80, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 80%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.70, -24.17, 42.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.70, 48.73, 119.73°)
OKLab	oklab(49.79% -0.0698 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(49.79% 0.117 126.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.1141, 12.9590, 2.7801)
Luminance	0.1296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516E16 #33166E

analogous

#6E5F16 #516E16 #256E16

triadic

#516E16 #16516E #6E1651

tetradic

#516E16 #166E5F #33166E #6E1625

square

#516E16 #166E5F #33166E #6E1625

split-complementary

#516E16 #16256E #5F166E

monochromatic

#131A05 #2B3B0C #516E16 #77A120 #9CD42A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#516E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#516E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516E16

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516E16	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)

#746602

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55695D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 110, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.117 126.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85975b',
    500: '#516e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516e16;
$custom-light: #85975b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.773,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49787,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 126.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516E16

secondary

#5E3CA4

accent

#3EEA77

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516E16

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

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