#516E18#516E18

#516E18 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 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516E18
RGB	rgb(81, 110, 24)
HSL	hsl(80, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(80, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 78.2%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.71, -24.05, 41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.71, 48.05, 120.03°)
OKLab	oklab(49.8% -0.0693 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(49.8% 0.116 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.1342, 12.9670, 2.8856)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516E18 #35186E

analogous

#6E6018 #516E18 #266E18

triadic

#516E18 #18516E #6E1851

tetradic

#516E18 #186E60 #35186E #6E1826

square

#516E18 #186E60 #35186E #6E1826

split-complementary

#516E18 #18266E #60186E

monochromatic

#121905 #2C3C0D #516E18 #76A023 #9BD22F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#516E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#516E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516E18

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516E18	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746606

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706420

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54695E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 110, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.116 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85975c',
    500: '#516e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516e18;
$custom-light: #85975c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.233,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.498,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516E18

secondary

#603EA4

accent

#41E779

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF2E9

border

#CACCC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516E18

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

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