#518E22#518E22

#518E22 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.152 H 134.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518E22
RGB	rgb(81, 142, 34)
HSL	hsl(94, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(94, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 76.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, -38.25, 48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 61.47, 128.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% -0.107 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.152 134.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.3548, 21.2101, 4.9033)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518E22 #5F228E

analogous

#878E22 #518E22 #228E29

triadic

#518E22 #22518E #8E2251

tetradic

#518E22 #22878E #5F228E #8E2922

square

#518E22 #22878E #5F228E #8E2922

split-complementary

#518E22 #29228E #8E2287

monochromatic

#192B0A #355D16 #518E22 #6DBF2E #8DD654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#518E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#518E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518E22

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518E22	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)

#94820B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#508879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 142, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.152 134.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87af65',
    500: '#518e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518e22;
$custom-light: #87af65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.889,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58357,
    "c": 0.15186,
    "h": 134.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518E22

secondary

#8D52BA

accent

#43E49E

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1006

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #518E22

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

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