#516E27#516E27

#516E27 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.104 H 128.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516E27
RGB	rgb(81, 110, 39)
HSL	hsl(85, 48%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(85, 65%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 64.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.83, -22.90, 35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.83, 42.04, 123.01°)
OKLab	oklab(49.94% -0.0647 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(49.94% 0.104 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3354, 13.0475, 3.9456)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516E27 #44276E

analogous

#6E6827 #516E27 #2E6E27

triadic

#516E27 #27516E #6E2751

tetradic

#516E27 #276E68 #44276E #6E272E

square

#516E27 #276E68 #44276E #6E272E

split-complementary

#516E27 #272E6E #68276E

monochromatic

#111708 #304117 #516E27 #729B37 #92C14F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#516E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#516E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516E27

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516E27	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73661F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F652C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54695F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 110, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.104 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849764',
    500: '#516e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516e27;
$custom-light: #849764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.507,
    "s": 47.651,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49937,
    "c": 0.10405,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516E27

secondary

#7150A1

accent

#51D788

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#EFF2EB

border

#CACCC6

text

#0B0D06

muted

#7C7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #516E27

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

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