#515219#515219

#515219 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.078 H 110.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515219
RGB	rgb(81, 82, 25)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 69.5%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.68, -8.76, 32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.68, 33.29, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(42.52% -0.0268 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(42.52% 0.078 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.5863, 7.8543, 2.0886)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515219 #1A1952

analogous

#523619 #515219 #345219

triadic

#515219 #195152 #521951

tetradic

#515219 #195236 #1A1952 #521934

square

#515219 #195236 #1A1952 #521934

split-complementary

#515219 #193452 #361952

monochromatic

#171707 #23230B #515219 #7F8127 #AEB036

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#515219 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#515219 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515219

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515219	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515219	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)

#594E12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515219;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 82, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.078 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848259',
    500: '#515219',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515219;
$custom-light: #848259;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515219",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.053,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42524,
    "c": 0.07752,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515219

secondary

#403E88

accent

#4BDD4E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #515219

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

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