#517F12#517F12

#517F12 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.141 H 131.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517F12
RGB	rgb(81, 127, 18)
HSL	hsl(85, 75%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(85, 86%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 0%, 85.8%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, -32.49, 48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 58.46, 123.76°)
OKLab	oklab(54.28% -0.0925 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(54.28% 0.141 131.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.0918, 16.9713, 3.2635)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#517F12 #40127F

analogous

#7F7612 #517F12 #1B7F12

triadic

#517F12 #12517F #7F1251

tetradic

#517F12 #127F76 #40127F #7F121B

square

#517F12 #127F76 #40127F #7F121B

split-complementary

#517F12 #121B7F #76127F

monochromatic

#111B04 #2F490A #517F12 #73B51A #94E12B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#517F12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#517F12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517F12

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517F12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517F12	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F711F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53796C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517f12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 127, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.141 131.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a45c',
    500: '#517f12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517f12;
$custom-light: #87a45c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517f12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.321,
    "s": 75.172,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54277,
    "c": 0.14091,
    "h": 131.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517F12

secondary

#6D38B5

accent

#36F285

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#F0F4E9

border

#CBCEC5

text

#0C0F04

muted

#7D7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #517F12

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

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