#518D22#518D22

#518D22 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.151 H 134.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518D22
RGB	rgb(81, 141, 34)
HSL	hsl(94, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(94, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 0%, 75.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, -37.82, 47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 60.95, 128.35°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% -0.1058 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.151 134.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.2067, 20.9139, 4.8540)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518D22 #5E228D

analogous

#878D22 #518D22 #228D29

triadic

#518D22 #22518D #8D2251

tetradic

#518D22 #22878D #5E228D #8D2922

square

#518D22 #22878D #5E228D #8D2922

split-complementary

#518D22 #29228D #8D2287

monochromatic

#182A0A #355C16 #518D22 #6DBE2E #8DD654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#518D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#518D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518D22

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518D22	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93810C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#508778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 141, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.151 134.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87af65',
    500: '#518d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518d22;
$custom-light: #87af65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.645,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58092,
    "c": 0.15057,
    "h": 134.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518D22

secondary

#8C51B9

accent

#44E49E

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1006

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #518D22

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

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