#515A15#515A15

#515A15 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.091 H 116.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515A15
RGB	rgb(81, 90, 21)
HSL	hsl(68, 62%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(68, 77%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 76.7%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.21, -13.61, 36.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.21, 38.92, 110.48°)
OKLab	oklab(44.54% -0.0409 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(44.54% 0.091 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1850, 9.1159, 2.0904)
Luminance	0.0912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515A15 #1E155A

analogous

#5A4115 #515A15 #2F5A15

triadic

#515A15 #15515A #5A1551

tetradic

#515A15 #155A41 #1E155A #5A152F

square

#515A15 #155A41 #1E155A #5A152F

split-complementary

#515A15 #152F5A #41155A

monochromatic

#161906 #242809 #515A15 #7E8C21 #AABD2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44

#515A15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#515A15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515A15

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515A15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515A15	1.00	7.44	2.82	7.44
#FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615509

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56554D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515a15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 90, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.091 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848858',
    500: '#515a15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515a15;
$custom-light: #848858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515a15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.826,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44539,
    "c": 0.09086,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515A15

secondary

#453992

accent

#43E558

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #515A15

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

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