#518E2A#518E2A

#518E2A is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.147 H 135.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518E2A
RGB	rgb(81, 142, 42)
HSL	hsl(97, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(97, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, -37.65, 45.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 58.73, 129.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% -0.1048 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.147 135.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.4839, 21.2617, 5.5835)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518E2A #672A8E

analogous

#838E2A #518E2A #2A8E35

triadic

#518E2A #2A518E #8E2A51

tetradic

#518E2A #2A838E #672A8E #8E352A

square

#518E2A #2A838E #672A8E #8E352A

split-complementary

#518E2A #352A8E #8E2A83

monochromatic

#1B300E #365F1C #518E2A #6CBD38 #8DD162

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#518E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#518E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518E2A

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518E2A	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)

#93821B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F897A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 142, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.147 135.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87af69',
    500: '#518e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518e2a;
$custom-light: #87af69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.6,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58421,
    "c": 0.14662,
    "h": 135.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518E2A

secondary

#945DB6

accent

#4ADEA4

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #518E2A

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

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