#515A11#515A11

#515A11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.094 H 116.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515A11
RGB	rgb(81, 90, 17)
HSL	hsl(67, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(67, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 81.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.18, -13.84, 38.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.18, 40.44, 110.01°)
OKLab	oklab(44.51% -0.0419 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(44.51% 0.094 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1509, 9.1022, 1.9104)
Luminance	0.0910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515A11 #1A115A

analogous

#5A3E11 #515A11 #2C5A11

triadic

#515A11 #11515A #5A1151

tetradic

#515A11 #115A3E #1A115A #5A112C

square

#515A11 #115A3E #1A115A #5A112C

split-complementary

#515A11 #112C5A #3E115A

monochromatic

#171A05 #232707 #515A11 #7F8D1B #AEC124

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#515A11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#515A11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515A11

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515A11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515A11	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615502

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605618

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57544C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515a11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 90, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.094 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848856',
    500: '#515a11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515a11;
$custom-light: #848856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515a11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.397,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4451,
    "c": 0.09352,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515A11

secondary

#403493

accent

#3DEB52

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #515A11

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

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