#517D22#517D22

#517D22 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.129 H 131.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517D22
RGB	rgb(81, 125, 34)
HSL	hsl(89, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(89, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 0%, 72.8%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, -30.64, 42.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 52.48, 125.72°)
OKLab	oklab(53.85% -0.0864 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(53.85% 0.129 131.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.0156, 16.5316, 4.1236)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517D22 #4E227D

analogous

#7D7B22 #517D22 #237D22

triadic

#517D22 #22517D #7D2251

tetradic

#517D22 #227D7B #4E227D #7D2223

square

#517D22 #227D7B #4E227D #7D2223

split-complementary

#517D22 #22237D #7B227D

monochromatic

#131D08 #324D15 #517D22 #70AD2F #8FCE4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#517D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#517D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517D22

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517D22	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C702A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52786B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 125, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.129 131.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a363',
    500: '#517d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517d22;
$custom-light: #86a363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.011,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5385,
    "c": 0.12931,
    "h": 131.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517D22

secondary

#7C4BB0

accent

#47E091

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F3EB

border

#CBCDC6

text

#0B0F06

muted

#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #517D22

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

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