#516E17#516E17

#516E17 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.116 H 126.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516E17
RGB	rgb(81, 110, 23)
HSL	hsl(80, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(80, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 79.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.71, -24.11, 41.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.71, 48.40, 119.88°)
OKLab	oklab(49.79% -0.0695 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(49.79% 0.116 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.1240, 12.9629, 2.8318)
Luminance	0.1296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516E17 #34176E

analogous

#6E5F17 #516E17 #256E17

triadic

#516E17 #17516E #6E1751

tetradic

#516E17 #176E5F #34176E #6E1725

square

#516E17 #176E5F #34176E #6E1725

split-complementary

#516E17 #17256E #5F176E

monochromatic

#131905 #2C3B0C #516E17 #76A122 #9BD32C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#516E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#516E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516E17

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516E17	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)

#746604

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55695E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 110, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.116 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85975c',
    500: '#516e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516e17;
$custom-light: #85975c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49793,
    "c": 0.11618,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516E17

secondary

#5F3DA4

accent

#3FE878

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF2E9

border

#CACCC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516E17

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

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