#515911#515911

#515911 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.092 H 115.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515911
RGB	rgb(81, 89, 17)
HSL	hsl(67, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(67, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 80.9%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.86, -13.28, 37.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.86, 39.96, 109.40°)
OKLab	oklab(44.25% -0.0403 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(44.25% 0.092 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0671, 8.9347, 1.8825)
Luminance	0.0893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515911 #191159

analogous

#593D11 #515911 #2D5911

triadic

#515911 #115159 #591151

tetradic

#515911 #11593D #191159 #59112D

square

#515911 #11593D #191159 #59112D

split-complementary

#515911 #112D59 #3D1159

monochromatic

#171A05 #222607 #515911 #808C1B #AFC025

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#515911 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#515911 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515911

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515911	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515911	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605403

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5517

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57534B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515911;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 89, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.092 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848756',
    500: '#515911',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515911;
$custom-light: #848756;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515911",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44251,
    "c": 0.09226,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515911

secondary

#3E3492

accent

#3DEB50

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #515911

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

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