#515017#515017

#515017 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.077 H 108.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515017
RGB	rgb(81, 80, 23)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 71.6%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.02, -7.72, 32.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.02, 33.29, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(42% -0.0241 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(42% 0.077 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4169, 7.5487, 1.9295)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515017 #171851

analogous

#513317 #515017 #355117

triadic

#515017 #175150 #501751

tetradic

#515017 #175133 #171851 #511735

square

#515017 #175133 #171851 #511735

split-complementary

#515017 #173551 #331751

monochromatic

#181807 #212109 #515017 #817F25 #B0AE32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#515017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#515017 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515017

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515017	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)

#574D0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#584F1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574B44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 80, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.077 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848058',
    500: '#515017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515017;
$custom-light: #848058;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41997,
    "c": 0.07683,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515017

secondary

#3C3D88

accent

#4BDF49

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #515017

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

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