#516F16#516F16

#516F16 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.118 H 127.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516F16
RGB	rgb(81, 111, 22)
HSL	hsl(80, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(80, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 0%, 80.2%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.03, -24.67, 42.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.03, 49.25, 120.06°)
OKLab	oklab(50.05% -0.0711 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(50.05% 0.118 127)
XYZ	xyz(9.2226, 13.1760, 2.8162)
Luminance	0.1318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516F16 #34166F

analogous

#6F6016 #516F16 #246F16

triadic

#516F16 #16516F #6F1651

tetradic

#516F16 #166F60 #34166F #6F1624

square

#516F16 #166F60 #34166F #6F1624

split-complementary

#516F16 #16246F #60166F

monochromatic

#131A05 #2C3C0C #516F16 #76A220 #9BD52B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#516F16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#516F16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516F16

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516F16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516F16	1.00	5.78	3.64	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756702

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#546A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516f16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 111, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.118 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85985b',
    500: '#516f16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516f16;
$custom-light: #85985b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516f16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.225,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50051,
    "c": 0.11811,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.13176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516F16

secondary

#5F3CA5

accent

#3EEA78

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516F16

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

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