#515116#515116

#515116 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.079 H 109.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515116
RGB	rgb(81, 81, 22)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.8%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.33, -8.38, 33.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.33, 34.20, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.24% -0.0261 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(42.24% 0.079 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.4808, 7.6923, 1.9023)
Luminance	0.0769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515116 #161651

analogous

#513316 #515116 #335116

triadic

#515116 #165151 #511651

tetradic

#515116 #165133 #161651 #511633

square

#515116 #165133 #161651 #511633

split-complementary

#515116 #163351 #331651

monochromatic

#181807 #212109 #515116 #818123 #B1B130

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#515116 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#515116 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515116

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515116	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515116	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584D0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515116;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 81, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.079 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848157',
    500: '#515116',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515116;
$custom-light: #848157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515116",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42241,
    "c": 0.07886,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515116

secondary

#3A3A88

accent

#47E147

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #515116

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

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