#516E19#516E19

#516E19 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.115 H 126.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516E19
RGB	rgb(81, 110, 25)
HSL	hsl(80, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(80, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 77.3%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.72, -23.99, 41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.72, 47.70, 120.19°)
OKLab	oklab(49.81% -0.069 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(49.81% 0.115 126.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.1448, 12.9712, 2.9414)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516E19 #36196E

analogous

#6E6119 #516E19 #266E19

triadic

#516E19 #19516E #6E1951

tetradic

#516E19 #196E61 #36196E #6E1926

square

#516E19 #196E61 #36196E #6E1926

split-complementary

#516E19 #19266E #61196E

monochromatic

#121906 #2C3C0E #516E19 #76A024 #9AD031

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#516E19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#516E19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516E19

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516E19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516E19	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)

#746608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706421

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54695E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516e19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 110, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.115 126.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85975c',
    500: '#516e19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516e19;
$custom-light: #85975c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516e19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.471,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49807,
    "c": 0.11493,
    "h": 126.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516E19

secondary

#623FA3

accent

#42E67A

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF2E9

border

#CACCC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516E19

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

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