#517D2A#517D2A

#517D2A is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.123 H 132.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517D2A
RGB	rgb(81, 125, 42)
HSL	hsl(92, 50%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(92, 66%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 0%, 66.4%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, -29.98, 39.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 49.36, 127.40°)
OKLab	oklab(53.93% -0.0839 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(53.93% 0.123 132.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.1447, 16.5833, 4.8037)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517D2A #562A7D

analogous

#7B7D2A #517D2A #2A7D2C

triadic

#517D2A #2A517D #7D2A51

tetradic

#517D2A #2A7B7D #562A7D #7D2C2A

square

#517D2A #2A7B7D #562A7D #7D2C2A

split-complementary

#517D2A #2C2A7D #7D2A7B

monochromatic

#16210B #334F1B #517D2A #6FAB39 #8DC85A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#517D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#517D2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517D2A

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517D2A	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52786C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 125, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.123 132.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a368',
    500: '#517d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517d2a;
$custom-light: #85a368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.807,
    "s": 49.701,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53925,
    "c": 0.1232,
    "h": 132.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517D2A

secondary

#8456AD

accent

#4FD998

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#EFF3EB

border

#CACDC6

text

#0B0F06

muted

#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #517D2A

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

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