#518D17#518D17

#518D17 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.156 H 133.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518D17
RGB	rgb(81, 141, 23)
HSL	hsl(91, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(91, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 0%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, -38.44, 51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 64.12, 126.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% -0.1082 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.156 133.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.0726, 20.8603, 4.1481)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518D17 #53178D

analogous

#8C8D17 #518D17 #178D18

triadic

#518D17 #17518D #8D1751

tetradic

#518D17 #178C8D #53178D #8D1817

square

#518D17 #178C8D #53178D #8D1817

split-complementary

#518D17 #18178D #8D178C

monochromatic

#152406 #33580E #518D17 #6FC220 #8EE03F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#518D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#518D17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518D17

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518D17	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#518778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 141, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.156 133.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88af60',
    500: '#518d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518d17;
$custom-light: #88af60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.508,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58025,
    "c": 0.1563,
    "h": 133.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518D17

secondary

#8140C0

accent

#39EF95

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1005

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #518D17

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

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