#518E27#518E27

#518E27 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.149 H 135.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518E27
RGB	rgb(81, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(96, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(96, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 72.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, -37.89, 46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 59.79, 129.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% -0.1056 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.149 135.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.4322, 21.2411, 5.3112)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#518E27 #64278E

analogous

#848E27 #518E27 #278E30

triadic

#518E27 #27518E #8E2751

tetradic

#518E27 #27848E #64278E #8E3027

square

#518E27 #27848E #64278E #8E3027

split-complementary

#518E27 #30278E #8E2784

monochromatic

#1A2E0D #365E1A #518E27 #6CBE34 #8DD25D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#518E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#518E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518E27

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518E27	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F897A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.149 135.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87af68',
    500: '#518e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518e27;
$custom-light: #87af68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.534,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58396,
    "c": 0.14869,
    "h": 135.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518E27

secondary

#9159B8

accent

#48E0A2

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1006

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #518E27

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

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