#517D16#517D16

#517D16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.137 H 130.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517D16
RGB	rgb(81, 125, 22)
HSL	hsl(86, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(86, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 0%, 82.4%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, -31.39, 46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 56.41, 123.81°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% -0.0893 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.137 130.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8717, 16.4741, 3.3659)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517D16 #42167D

analogous

#7D7616 #517D16 #1E7D16

triadic

#517D16 #16517D #7D1651

tetradic

#517D16 #167D76 #42167D #7D161E

square

#517D16 #167D76 #42167D #7D161E

split-complementary

#517D16 #161E7D #76167D

monochromatic

#111A05 #2F490D #517D16 #73B11F #93DB32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#517D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#517D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517D16

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517D16	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)

#7D7022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53776A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 125, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.137 130.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a35d',
    500: '#517d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517d16;
$custom-light: #86a35d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.631,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53766,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 130.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517D16

secondary

#6F3DB2

accent

#3BED87

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#F0F3E9

border

#CBCDC5

text

#0C0F05

muted

#7D7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #517D16

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

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