#515517#515517

#515517 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.083 H 113.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515517
RGB	rgb(81, 85, 23)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 72.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.62, -10.64, 34.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.62, 35.64, 107.37°)
OKLab	oklab(43.27% -0.0324 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(43.27% 0.083 113)
XYZ	xyz(6.7967, 8.3083, 2.0561)
Luminance	0.0831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515517 #1B1755

analogous

#553A17 #515517 #325517

triadic

#515517 #175155 #551751

tetradic

#515517 #17553A #1B1755 #551732

square

#515517 #17553A #1B1755 #551732

split-complementary

#515517 #173255 #3A1755

monochromatic

#171807 #23250A #515517 #7F8524 #ADB531

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#515517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#515517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515517

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515517	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C510E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#575049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 85, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.083 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848458',
    500: '#515517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515517;
$custom-light: #848458;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.871,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43269,
    "c": 0.08295,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.08308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515517

secondary

#413C8C

accent

#47E151

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #515517

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

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