#516F2A#516F2A

#516F2A is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.103 H 129.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#516F2A
RGB	rgb(81, 111, 42)
HSL	hsl(86, 45%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(86, 62%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 0%, 62.2%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.19, -23.12, 34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.19, 41.27, 124.07°)
OKLab	oklab(50.24% -0.065 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(50.24% 0.103 129.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.4956, 13.2852, 4.2540)
Luminance	0.1328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#516F2A #482A6F

analogous

#6F6B2A #516F2A #2E6F2A

triadic

#516F2A #2A516F #6F2A51

tetradic

#516F2A #2A6F6B #482A6F #6F2A2E

square

#516F2A #2A6F6B #482A6F #6F2A2E

split-complementary

#516F2A #2A2E6F #6B2A6F

monochromatic

#101608 #314319 #516F2A #719B3B #91BF55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#516F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#516F2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #516F2A

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##516F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##516F2A	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70652F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#536A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #516f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 111, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.103 129.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849866',
    500: '#516f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #516f2a;
$custom-light: #849866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#516f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.087,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50235,
    "c": 0.10276,
    "h": 129.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#516F2A

secondary

#7554A1

accent

#53D58B

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#EFF2EB

border

#CACCC6

text

#0B0D06

muted

#7C7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #516F2A

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

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