#516F11#516F11

#516F11 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.121 H 126.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516F11
RGB	rgb(81, 111, 17)
HSL	hsl(79, 73%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(79, 85%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 0%, 84.7%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.00, -24.92, 44.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.00, 50.77, 119.39°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% -0.0722 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.121 126.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.1790, 13.1585, 2.5865)
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

#516F11 #2F116F

analogous

#6F5E11 #516F11 #226F11

triadic

#516F11 #11516F #6F1151

tetradic

#516F11 #116F5E #2F116F #6F1122

square

#516F11 #116F5E #2F116F #6F1122

split-complementary

#516F11 #11226F #5E116F

monochromatic

#131B04 #2A3A09 #516F11 #78A419 #9ED921

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#516F11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#516F11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516F11

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516F11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516F11	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)

#756700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55695E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516f11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 111, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.121 126.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859859',
    500: '#516f11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516f11;
$custom-light: #859859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516f11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.149,
    "s": 73.438,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50022,
    "c": 0.12076,
    "h": 126.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516F11

secondary

#5935A6

accent

#38F073

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516F11

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

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