#517D20#517D20

#517D20 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.131 H 131.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517D20
RGB	rgb(81, 125, 32)
HSL	hsl(88, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(88, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 0%, 74.4%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.65, -30.78, 43.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.65, 53.20, 125.36°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% -0.0869 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.131 131.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.9875, 16.5204, 3.9761)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517D20 #4C207D

analogous

#7D7A20 #517D20 #227D20

triadic

#517D20 #20517D #7D2051

tetradic

#517D20 #207D7A #4C207D #7D2022

square

#517D20 #207D7A #4C207D #7D2022

split-complementary

#517D20 #20227D #7A207D

monochromatic

#121C07 #314C14 #517D20 #71AE2C #8FD047

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#517D20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#517D20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517D20

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517D20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517D20	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52786B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517d20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 125, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.131 131.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a362',
    500: '#517d20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517d20;
$custom-light: #86a362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517d20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.387,
    "s": 59.236,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53833,
    "c": 0.13067,
    "h": 131.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517D20

secondary

#7A49B0

accent

#45E290

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F3EB

border

#CBCDC6

text

#0B0F05

muted

#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #517D20

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

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