#517E27#517E27

#517E27 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.127 H 132.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517E27
RGB	rgb(81, 126, 39)
HSL	hsl(91, 53%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(91, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 0%, 69%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.03, -30.71, 40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.03, 51.12, 126.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.16% -0.0861 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(54.16% 0.127 132.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2202, 16.8171, 4.5739)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#517E27 #54277E

analogous

#7D7E27 #517E27 #277E28

triadic

#517E27 #27517E #7E2751

tetradic

#517E27 #277D7E #54277E #7E2827

square

#517E27 #277D7E #54277E #7E2827

split-complementary

#517E27 #28277E #7E277D

monochromatic

#15210A #334F19 #517E27 #6FAD35 #8ECA55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#517E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#517E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517E27

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517E27	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83741B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D712E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52796C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 126, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.127 132.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a366',
    500: '#517e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517e27;
$custom-light: #85a366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.034,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54159,
    "c": 0.127,
    "h": 132.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517E27

secondary

#8252AF

accent

#4CDC96

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0B0F06

muted

#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #517E27

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

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