#517D14#517D14

#517D14 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.137 H 130.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517D14
RGB	rgb(81, 125, 20)
HSL	hsl(85, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(85, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 0%, 84%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, -31.48, 47.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 56.96, 123.55°)
OKLab	oklab(53.76% -0.0897 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(53.76% 0.137 130.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.8532, 16.4667, 3.2682)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517D14 #40147D

analogous

#7D7414 #517D14 #1C7D14

triadic

#517D14 #14517D #7D1451

tetradic

#517D14 #147D74 #40147D #7D141C

square

#517D14 #147D74 #40147D #7D141C

split-complementary

#517D14 #141C7D #74147D

monochromatic

#111A04 #2F480C #517D14 #73B21C #94DE2E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#517D14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#517D14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517D14

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517D14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517D14	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7020

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53776A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517d14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 125, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.137 130.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a35c',
    500: '#517d14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517d14;
$custom-light: #86a35c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517d14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.143,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53755,
    "c": 0.13747,
    "h": 130.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517D14

secondary

#6D3AB2

accent

#39EF85

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#F0F3E9

border

#CBCDC5

text

#0C0F05

muted

#7D7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #517D14

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

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