#517216#517216

#517216 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.122 H 128.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517216
RGB	rgb(81, 114, 22)
HSL	hsl(82, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(82, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 0%, 80.7%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.01, -26.15, 43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.01, 50.79, 120.99°)
OKLab	oklab(50.85% -0.0751 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(50.85% 0.122 128)
XYZ	xyz(9.5555, 13.8417, 2.9272)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517216 #371672

analogous

#726516 #517216 #237216

triadic

#517216 #165172 #721651

tetradic

#517216 #167265 #371672 #721623

square

#517216 #167265 #371672 #721623

split-complementary

#517216 #162372 #651672

monochromatic

#121A05 #2D3F0C #517216 #75A520 #99D62C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#517216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#517216 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517216

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517216	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74671F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#546C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 114, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.122 128.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859a5c',
    500: '#517216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517216;
$custom-light: #859a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.522,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50845,
    "c": 0.1221,
    "h": 128
  },
  "luminance": 0.13842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517216

secondary

#633CA8

accent

#3DEB7B

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0B0E04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #517216

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

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