#515142#515142

#515142 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.024 H 107.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515142
RGB	rgb(81, 81, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 10%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(60, 19%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 18.5%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.04, -2.97, 8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.04, 9.34, 108.55°)
OKLab	oklab(43.03% -0.0071 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(43.03% 0.024 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3191, 8.0276, 6.3171)
Luminance	0.0803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515142 #424251

analogous

#514A42 #515142 #4A5142

triadic

#515142 #425151 #514251

tetradic

#515142 #42514A #424251 #51424A

square

#515142 #42514A #424251 #51424A

split-complementary

#515142 #424A51 #4A4251

monochromatic

#11110E #2F2F27 #515142 #73735D #93937A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#515142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#515142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515142

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515142	1.00	8.06	2.61	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 81, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.024 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828176',
    500: '#515142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515142;
$custom-light: #828176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43032,
    "c": 0.02383,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515142

secondary

#6F6F80

accent

#75B375

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #515142

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

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