#517E22#517E22

#517E22 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.131 H 132.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517E22
RGB	rgb(81, 126, 34)
HSL	hsl(89, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(89, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 0%, 73%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, -31.10, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 53.02, 125.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.12% -0.0876 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(54.12% 0.131 132.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.1428, 16.7861, 4.1660)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517E22 #4F227E

analogous

#7E7D22 #517E22 #237E22

triadic

#517E22 #22517E #7E2251

tetradic

#517E22 #227E7D #4F227E #7E2223

square

#517E22 #227E7D #4F227E #7E2223

split-complementary

#517E22 #22237E #7D227E

monochromatic

#131E08 #324E15 #517E22 #70AE2F #8FCF4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#517E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#517E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517E22

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517E22	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D712A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52796C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 126, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.131 132.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a363',
    500: '#517e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517e22;
$custom-light: #86a363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.348,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54115,
    "c": 0.13067,
    "h": 132.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517E22

secondary

#7D4BB1

accent

#47E192

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0B0F06

muted

#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #517E22

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

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