#517221#517221

#517221 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.115 H 129.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517221
RGB	rgb(81, 114, 33)
HSL	hsl(84, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(84, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 0%, 71.1%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.08, -25.43, 39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.08, 46.84, 122.88°)
OKLab	oklab(50.93% -0.0722 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(50.93% 0.115 129)
XYZ	xyz(9.6851, 13.8935, 3.6100)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517221 #422172

analogous

#726B21 #517221 #297221

triadic

#517221 #215172 #722151

tetradic

#517221 #21726B #422172 #722129

square

#517221 #21726B #422172 #722129

split-complementary

#517221 #212972 #6B2172

monochromatic

#111807 #2F4313 #517221 #73A12F #93C944

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#517221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#517221 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517221

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517221	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#546D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 114, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.115 129.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859a61',
    500: '#517221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517221;
$custom-light: #859a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.444,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5093,
    "c": 0.11479,
    "h": 129
  },
  "luminance": 0.13894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517221

secondary

#6F49A5

accent

#49DE86

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#EFF2EA

border

#CACCC6

text

#0B0E05

muted

#7C7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #517221

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

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