#515115#515115

#515115 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.080 H 109.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515115
RGB	rgb(81, 81, 21)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.1%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.33, -8.44, 33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.33, 34.65, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(42.23% -0.0264 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(42.23% 0.08 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.4713, 7.6885, 1.8525)
Luminance	0.0769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515115 #151551

analogous

#513315 #515115 #335115

triadic

#515115 #155151 #511551

tetradic

#515115 #155133 #151551 #511533

square

#515115 #155133 #151551 #511533

split-complementary

#515115 #153351 #331551

monochromatic

#181806 #202008 #515115 #828222 #B2B22E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#515115 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#515115 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515115

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515115	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515115	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584D0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515115;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 81, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.080 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848157',
    500: '#515115',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515115;
$custom-light: #848157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515115",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42232,
    "c": 0.07965,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515115

secondary

#393989

accent

#46E246

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #515115

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

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