#515016#515016

#515016 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.078 H 108.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515016
RGB	rgb(81, 80, 22)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 72.8%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.02, -7.79, 32.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.02, 33.75, 103.34°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% -0.0245 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.078 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.4070, 7.5448, 1.8777)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515016 #161751

analogous

#513216 #515016 #345116

triadic

#515016 #165150 #501651

tetradic

#515016 #165132 #161751 #511634

square

#515016 #165132 #161751 #511634

split-complementary

#515016 #163451 #321651

monochromatic

#181807 #212009 #515016 #818023 #B1AF30

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#515016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#515016 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515016

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515016	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#584F1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 80, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.078 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848057',
    500: '#515016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515016;
$custom-light: #848057;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.983,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41987,
    "c": 0.07767,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515016

secondary

#3A3C88

accent

#4AE147

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #515016

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

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