#515519#515519

#515519 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.081 H 113.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515519
RGB	rgb(81, 85, 25)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 70.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.63, -10.50, 33.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.63, 34.74, 107.60°)
OKLab	oklab(43.29% -0.0317 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(43.29% 0.081 113)
XYZ	xyz(6.8175, 8.3167, 2.1657)
Luminance	0.0832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515519 #1D1955

analogous

#553B19 #515519 #335519

triadic

#515519 #195155 #551951

tetradic

#515519 #19553B #1D1955 #551933

square

#515519 #19553B #1D1955 #551933

split-complementary

#515519 #193355 #3B1955

monochromatic

#171807 #24260B #515519 #7E8427 #ABB435

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88

#515519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#515519 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515519

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515519	1.00	7.88	2.66	7.88
#FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5111

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#575049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 85, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.081 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848459',
    500: '#515519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515519;
$custom-light: #848459;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43288,
    "c": 0.08129,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.08317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515519

secondary

#443E8B

accent

#4ADE54

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #515519

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

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