#517F20#517F20

#517F20 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.133 H 132.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#517F20
RGB	rgb(81, 127, 32)
HSL	hsl(89, 60%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(89, 75%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 0%, 74.8%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.30, -31.71, 44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.30, 54.27, 125.76°)
OKLab	oklab(54.36% -0.0894 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(54.36% 0.133 132.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.2433, 17.0319, 4.0613)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#517F20 #4E207F

analogous

#7F7D20 #517F20 #217F20

triadic

#517F20 #20517F #7F2051

tetradic

#517F20 #207F7D #4E207F #7F2021

square

#517F20 #207F7D #4E207F #7F2021

split-complementary

#517F20 #20217F #7D207F

monochromatic

#131D07 #324E14 #517F20 #70B02C #8FD148

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#517F20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#517F20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #517F20

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##517F20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##517F20	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85750F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#527A6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #517f20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 127, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.133 132.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a462',
    500: '#517f20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #517f20;
$custom-light: #86a462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#517f20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.053,
    "s": 59.748,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54364,
    "c": 0.13337,
    "h": 132.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#517F20

secondary

#7C49B2

accent

#45E391

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0B0F05

muted

#7C7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #517F20

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

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