#517E23#517E23

#517E23 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.130 H 132.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517E23
RGB	rgb(81, 126, 35)
HSL	hsl(90, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(90, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 0%, 72.2%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.00, -31.03, 42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.00, 52.65, 126.11°)
OKLab	oklab(54.12% -0.0873 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(54.12% 0.13 132.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.1574, 16.7919, 4.2431)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517E23 #50237E

analogous

#7E7E23 #517E23 #247E23

triadic

#517E23 #23517E #7E2351

tetradic

#517E23 #237E7E #50237E #7E2324

square

#517E23 #237E7E #50237E #7E2324

split-complementary

#517E23 #23247E #7E237E

monochromatic

#131E08 #324E16 #517E23 #70AE30 #8ECE4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#517E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#517E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517E23

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517E23	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)

#837415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D712B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52796C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 126, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.130 132.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a364',
    500: '#517e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517e23;
$custom-light: #86a364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.67,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54123,
    "c": 0.12996,
    "h": 132.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517E23

secondary

#7E4CB0

accent

#48E093

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0B0F06

muted

#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #517E23

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

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