#515217#515217

#515217 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.079 H 110.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515217
RGB	rgb(81, 82, 23)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 72%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.66, -8.90, 33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.66, 34.21, 105.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.5% -0.0275 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(42.5% 0.079 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5655, 7.8460, 1.9790)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515217 #181752

analogous

#523517 #515217 #335217

triadic

#515217 #175152 #521751

tetradic

#515217 #175235 #181752 #521733

square

#515217 #175235 #181752 #521733

split-complementary

#515217 #173352 #351752

monochromatic

#181807 #22220A #515217 #808224 #AFB232

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#515217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#515217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515217

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515217	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594E0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 82, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.079 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848258',
    500: '#515217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515217;
$custom-light: #848258;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.017,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42504,
    "c": 0.07923,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515217

secondary

#3D3C89

accent

#48DF4B

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #515217

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

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