#517E16#517E16

#517E16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.138 H 131.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517E16
RGB	rgb(81, 126, 22)
HSL	hsl(86, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(86, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 0%, 82.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.92, -31.85, 47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.92, 56.91, 124.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.03% -0.0905 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(54.03% 0.138 131.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.9989, 16.7285, 3.4083)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517E16 #43167E

analogous

#7E7716 #517E16 #1D7E16

triadic

#517E16 #16517E #7E1651

tetradic

#517E16 #167E77 #43167E #7E161D

square

#517E16 #167E77 #43167E #7E161D

split-complementary

#517E16 #161D7E #77167E

monochromatic

#111A05 #304A0D #517E16 #72B21F #93DB33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#517E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#517E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517E16

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517E16	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7122

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53786B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 126, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.138 131.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a35d',
    500: '#517e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517e16;
$custom-light: #86a35d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.962,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54031,
    "c": 0.1378,
    "h": 131.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517E16

secondary

#703DB3

accent

#3BED88

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#F0F4E9

border

#CBCEC5

text

#0C0F05

muted

#7D7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #517E16

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

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