#517B16#517B16

#517B16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.134 H 130.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517B16
RGB	rgb(81, 123, 22)
HSL	hsl(85, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(85, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 0%, 82.1%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.94, -30.46, 46.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.94, 55.39, 123.35°)
OKLab	oklab(53.23% -0.0868 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(53.23% 0.134 130.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.6211, 15.9728, 3.2824)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517B16 #40167B

analogous

#7B7216 #517B16 #1F7B16

triadic

#517B16 #16517B #7B1651

tetradic

#517B16 #167B72 #40167B #7B161F

square

#517B16 #167B72 #40167B #7B161F

split-complementary

#517B16 #161F7B #72167B

monochromatic

#111A05 #2F470D #517B16 #73AF1F #94DA31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#517B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#517B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517B16

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517B16	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#537568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 123, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.134 130.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a15d',
    500: '#517b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517b16;
$custom-light: #86a15d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.95,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53234,
    "c": 0.13392,
    "h": 130.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517B16

secondary

#6D3DB0

accent

#3BEC85

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0C0F05

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #517B16

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

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