#516F12#516F12

#516F12 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.120 H 126.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516F12
RGB	rgb(81, 111, 18)
HSL	hsl(79, 72%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(79, 84%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 0%, 83.8%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.01, -24.87, 43.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.01, 50.48, 119.52°)
OKLab	oklab(50.03% -0.072 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(50.03% 0.12 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.1870, 13.1617, 2.6286)
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

#516F12 #30126F

analogous

#6F5E12 #516F12 #226F12

triadic

#516F12 #12516F #6F1251

tetradic

#516F12 #126F5E #30126F #6F1222

square

#516F12 #126F5E #30126F #6F1222

split-complementary

#516F12 #12226F #5E126F

monochromatic

#131A04 #2B3A09 #516F12 #77A41B #9ED823

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#516F12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#516F12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516F12

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516F12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516F12	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: #516f12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 111, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.120 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859859',
    500: '#516f12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516f12;
$custom-light: #859859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516f12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.355,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50027,
    "c": 0.12028,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516F12

secondary

#5B37A6

accent

#39EF74

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516F12

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

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