#517217#517217

#517217 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.122 H 128.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517217
RGB	rgb(81, 114, 23)
HSL	hsl(82, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(82, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 0%, 79.8%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.01, -26.10, 43.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.01, 50.47, 121.13°)
OKLab	oklab(50.85% -0.0749 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(50.85% 0.122 128.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.5653, 13.8456, 2.9790)
Luminance	0.1385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517217 #381772

analogous

#726617 #517217 #247217

triadic

#517217 #175172 #721751

tetradic

#517217 #177266 #381772 #721724

square

#517217 #177266 #381772 #721724

split-complementary

#517217 #172472 #661772

monochromatic

#121905 #2D3F0D #517217 #75A521 #99D52E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#517217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#517217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517217

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517217	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)

#786902

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746720

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#546D61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 114, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.122 128.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859a5c',
    500: '#517217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517217;
$custom-light: #859a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.758,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50852,
    "c": 0.12153,
    "h": 128.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517217

secondary

#643DA8

accent

#3EE97C

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0B0E04

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #517217

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

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