#518E20#518E20

#518E20 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.153 H 134.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518E20
RGB	rgb(81, 142, 32)
HSL	hsl(93, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(93, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 77.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, -38.38, 48.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 62.10, 128.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% -0.1075 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.153 134.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.3268, 21.1989, 4.7558)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518E20 #5D208E

analogous

#888E20 #518E20 #208E26

triadic

#518E20 #20518E #8E2051

tetradic

#518E20 #20888E #5D208E #8E2620

square

#518E20 #20888E #5D208E #8E2620

split-complementary

#518E20 #26208E #8E2088

monochromatic

#182A09 #355C15 #518E20 #6DC02B #8DD851

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#518E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#518E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518E20

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518E20	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948206

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#508879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 142, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.153 134.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87af64',
    500: '#518e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518e20;
$custom-light: #87af64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.273,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58343,
    "c": 0.15302,
    "h": 134.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518E20

secondary

#8B4FBB

accent

#42E69D

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1006

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #518E20

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

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