#516E2B#516E2B

#516E2B is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.100 H 129.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516E2B
RGB	rgb(81, 110, 43)
HSL	hsl(86, 44%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(86, 61%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 60.9%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.88, -22.51, 33.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.88, 40.22, 124.03°)
OKLab	oklab(49.99% -0.0633 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(49.99% 0.1 129.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4053, 13.0754, 4.3133)
Luminance	0.1308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516E2B #482B6E

analogous

#6E692B #516E2B #306E2B

triadic

#516E2B #2B516E #6E2B51

tetradic

#516E2B #2B6E69 #482B6E #6E2B30

square

#516E2B #2B6E69 #482B6E #6E2B30

split-complementary

#516E2B #2B306E #692B6E

monochromatic

#101609 #31421A #516E2B #719A3C #91BD56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#516E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#516E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516E2B

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516E2B	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53695F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 110, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.100 129.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849767',
    500: '#516e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516e2b;
$custom-light: #849767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.97,
    "s": 43.791,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49985,
    "c": 0.10031,
    "h": 129.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516E2B

secondary

#7555A0

accent

#54D48B

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#EFF2EB

border

#CACCC6

text

#0B0D06

muted

#7C7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #516E2B

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

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