#516F1B#516F1B

#516F1B is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.115 H 127.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516F1B
RGB	rgb(81, 111, 27)
HSL	hsl(81, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(81, 76%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 0%, 75.7%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.06, -24.36, 40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.06, 47.51, 120.85°)
OKLab	oklab(50.09% -0.0699 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(50.09% 0.115 127.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.2756, 13.1972, 3.0953)
Luminance	0.1320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516F1B #391B6F

analogous

#6F631B #516F1B #276F1B

triadic

#516F1B #1B516F #6F1B51

tetradic

#516F1B #1B6F63 #391B6F #6F1B27

square

#516F1B #1B6F63 #391B6F #6F1B27

split-complementary

#516F1B #1B276F #631B6F

monochromatic

#121906 #2D3E0F #516F1B #75A027 #98CE36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#516F1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#516F1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516F1B

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516F1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516F1B	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75670C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716523

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#546A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516f1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 111, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.115 127.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85985e',
    500: '#516f1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516f1b;
$custom-light: #85985e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516f1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.429,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50087,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 127.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516F1B

secondary

#6542A4

accent

#44E47D

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF2E9

border

#CACCC5

text

#0B0D05

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #516F1B

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

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