#518A22#518A22

#518A22 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.147 H 134.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518A22
RGB	rgb(81, 138, 34)
HSL	hsl(93, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(93, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 0%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.88, -36.51, 46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.88, 59.39, 127.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% -0.1023 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.147 134.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.7703, 20.0411, 4.7085)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518A22 #5B228A

analogous

#858A22 #518A22 #228A27

triadic

#518A22 #22518A #8A2251

tetradic

#518A22 #22858A #5B228A #8A2722

square

#518A22 #22858A #5B228A #8A2722

split-complementary

#518A22 #27228A #8A2285

monochromatic

#17280A #345916 #518A22 #6EBB2E #8DD452

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#518A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#518A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518A22

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518A22	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7F0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#508476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 138, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.147 134.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ac65',
    500: '#518a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518a22;
$custom-light: #87ac65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.885,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57297,
    "c": 0.14667,
    "h": 134.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518A22

secondary

#8950B8

accent

#44E49C

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1006

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #518A22

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

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