#515316#515316

#515316 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.081 H 111.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515316
RGB	rgb(81, 83, 22)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 73.5%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.97, -9.55, 33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.97, 35.13, 105.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.75% -0.0294 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(42.75% 0.081 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6316, 7.9939, 1.9525)
Luminance	0.0799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515316 #181653

analogous

#533616 #515316 #325316

triadic

#515316 #165153 #531651

tetradic

#515316 #165336 #181653 #531632

square

#515316 #165336 #181653 #531632

split-complementary

#515316 #163253 #361653

monochromatic

#181806 #222309 #515316 #808323 #AFB430

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#515316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#515316 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515316

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515316	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A4F0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A511A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 83, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.081 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848357',
    500: '#515316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515316;
$custom-light: #848357;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.967,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42749,
    "c": 0.08127,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515316

secondary

#3D3A8A

accent

#46E14C

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #515316

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

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