#518916#518916

#518916 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.152 H 133.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518916
RGB	rgb(81, 137, 22)
HSL	hsl(89, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(89, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 83.9%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.49, -36.76, 50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.49, 62.40, 126.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% -0.1038 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.152 133.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.4836, 19.6980, 3.9032)
Luminance	0.1970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518916 #4E1689

analogous

#898716 #518916 #188916

triadic

#518916 #165189 #891651

tetradic

#518916 #168987 #4E1689 #891618

square

#518916 #168987 #4E1689 #891618

split-complementary

#518916 #161889 #871689

monochromatic

#132005 #32540E #518916 #70BE1E #8FDF3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#518916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#518916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518916

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518916	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877924

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#518374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 137, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.152 133.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ac5f',
    500: '#518916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518916;
$custom-light: #87ac5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.217,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56957,
    "c": 0.15177,
    "h": 133.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518916

secondary

#7C3EBD

accent

#39EF92

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#F0F4EA

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1005

muted

#7D7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #518916

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

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