#516F17#516F17

#516F17 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.118 H 127.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516F17
RGB	rgb(81, 111, 23)
HSL	hsl(80, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(80, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 0%, 79.3%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.03, -24.61, 42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.03, 48.92, 120.21°)
OKLab	oklab(50.06% -0.0709 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(50.06% 0.118 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.2325, 13.1799, 2.8680)
Luminance	0.1318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516F17 #35176F

analogous

#6F6117 #516F17 #256F17

triadic

#516F17 #17516F #6F1751

tetradic

#516F17 #176F61 #35176F #6F1725

square

#516F17 #176F61 #35176F #6F1725

split-complementary

#516F17 #17256F #61176F

monochromatic

#121905 #2C3C0C #516F17 #76A222 #9BD32D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#516F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#516F17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516F17

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516F17	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)

#756703

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716520

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#546A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 111, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.118 127.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85985c',
    500: '#516f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516f17;
$custom-light: #85985c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.455,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50058,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516F17

secondary

#603DA5

accent

#3FE979

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0B0D04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516F17

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

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