#516E22#516E22

#516E22 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.108 H 127.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516E22
RGB	rgb(81, 110, 34)
HSL	hsl(83, 53%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(83, 69%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 69.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.79, -23.34, 37.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.79, 44.21, 121.87°)
OKLab	oklab(49.89% -0.0664 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(49.89% 0.108 127.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2580, 13.0165, 3.5377)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516E22 #3F226E

analogous

#6E6522 #516E22 #2B6E22

triadic

#516E22 #22516E #6E2251

tetradic

#516E22 #226E65 #3F226E #6E222B

square

#516E22 #226E65 #3F226E #6E222B

split-complementary

#516E22 #222B6E #65226E

monochromatic

#111707 #2F3F14 #516E22 #739D30 #94C545

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#516E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#516E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516E22

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516E22	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54695E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 110, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.108 127.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849761',
    500: '#516e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516e22;
$custom-light: #849761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.895,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49885,
    "c": 0.10835,
    "h": 127.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516E22

secondary

#6C4AA1

accent

#4CDC83

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF2EA

border

#CACCC6

text

#0B0D05

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516E22

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

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