#515117#515117

#515117 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.078 H 109.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515117
RGB	rgb(81, 81, 23)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.6%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.34, -8.31, 32.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.34, 33.75, 104.26°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% -0.0258 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.078 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4906, 7.6962, 1.9541)
Luminance	0.0770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515117 #171751

analogous

#513417 #515117 #345117

triadic

#515117 #175151 #511751

tetradic

#515117 #175134 #171751 #511734

square

#515117 #175134 #171751 #511734

split-complementary

#515117 #173451 #341751

monochromatic

#181807 #212109 #515117 #818125 #B0B032

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#515117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#515117 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515117

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515117	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)

#584D0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 81, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.078 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848158',
    500: '#515117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515117;
$custom-light: #848158;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4225,
    "c": 0.07803,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515117

secondary

#3C3C88

accent

#49DF49

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #515117

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

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