#518E28#518E28

#518E28 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.148 H 135.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518E28
RGB	rgb(81, 142, 40)
HSL	hsl(96, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(96, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 71.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, -37.81, 45.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 59.44, 129.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% -0.1054 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.148 135.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.4490, 21.2478, 5.3997)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518E28 #65288E

analogous

#848E28 #518E28 #288E32

triadic

#518E28 #28518E #8E2851

tetradic

#518E28 #28848E #65288E #8E3228

square

#518E28 #28848E #65288E #8E3228

split-complementary

#518E28 #32288E #8E2884

monochromatic

#1B2F0D #365E1B #518E28 #6CBE35 #8DD25F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#518E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#518E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518E28

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518E28	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)

#938218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F897A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 142, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.148 135.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87af68',
    500: '#518e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518e28;
$custom-light: #87af68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.882,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58404,
    "c": 0.14801,
    "h": 135.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518E28

secondary

#925BB7

accent

#48DFA3

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1006

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #518E28

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

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