#516E28#516E28

#516E28 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.103 H 128.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516E28
RGB	rgb(81, 110, 40)
HSL	hsl(85, 47%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(85, 64%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 63.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.84, -22.81, 34.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.84, 41.59, 123.26°)
OKLab	oklab(49.95% -0.0644 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(49.95% 0.103 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3522, 13.0542, 4.0341)
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

#516E28 #45286E

analogous

#6E6828 #516E28 #2E6E28

triadic

#516E28 #28516E #6E2851

tetradic

#516E28 #286E68 #45286E #6E282E

square

#516E28 #286E68 #45286E #6E282E

split-complementary

#516E28 #282E6E #68286E

monochromatic

#111608 #304118 #516E28 #729B38 #92C051

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#516E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#516E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516E28

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516E28	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)

#736620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F652D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53695F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 110, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.103 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849765',
    500: '#516e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516e28;
$custom-light: #849765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.857,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49949,
    "c": 0.10314,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516E28

secondary

#7251A0

accent

#51D689

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#EFF2EB

border

#CACCC6

text

#0B0D06

muted

#7C7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #516E28

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

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