#517B22#517B22

#517B22 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.127 H 131.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517B22
RGB	rgb(81, 123, 34)
HSL	hsl(88, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(88, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 0%, 72.4%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.01, -29.70, 41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.01, 51.39, 125.31°)
OKLab	oklab(53.32% -0.0838 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(53.32% 0.127 131.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7649, 16.0304, 4.0400)
Luminance	0.1603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517B22 #4C227B

analogous

#7B7822 #517B22 #247B22

triadic

#517B22 #22517B #7B2251

tetradic

#517B22 #227B78 #4C227B #7B2224

square

#517B22 #227B78 #4C227B #7B2224

split-complementary

#517B22 #22247B #78227B

monochromatic

#121B07 #314B15 #517B22 #71AB2F #8FCD4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#517B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#517B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517B22

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517B22	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#527669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 123, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.127 131.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a163',
    500: '#517b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517b22;
$custom-light: #85a163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.315,
    "s": 56.688,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5332,
    "c": 0.12657,
    "h": 131.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517B22

secondary

#7A4BAE

accent

#48E090

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F2EB

border

#CBCCC6

text

#0B0F05

muted

#7C7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #517B22

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

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