#516E35#516E35

#516E35 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.090 H 131.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516E35
RGB	rgb(81, 110, 53)
HSL	hsl(91, 35%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(91, 52%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 51.8%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.00, -21.36, 28.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.00, 35.41, 127.11°)
OKLab	oklab(50.13% -0.0592 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(50.13% 0.09 131.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6117, 13.1580, 5.4008)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516E35 #52356E

analogous

#6E6E35 #516E35 #356E36

triadic

#516E35 #35516E #6E3551

tetradic

#516E35 #356E6E #52356E #6E3635

square

#516E35 #356E6E #52356E #6E3635

split-complementary

#516E35 #36356E #6E356E

monochromatic

#141B0D #334521 #516E35 #6F9749 #8EB667

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#516E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#516E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516E35

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516E35	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#526A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 110, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.090 131.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83976e',
    500: '#516e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516e35;
$custom-light: #83976e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.526,
    "s": 34.969,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50125,
    "c": 0.08995,
    "h": 131.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516E35

secondary

#80609F

accent

#5DCB95

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#EFF2EC

border

#CACCC7

text

#0B0D07

muted

#7C7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #516E35

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

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