#515A16#515A16

#515A16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.090 H 116.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515A16
RGB	rgb(81, 90, 22)
HSL	hsl(68, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(68, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 75.6%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.21, -13.55, 36.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.21, 38.51, 110.60°)
OKLab	oklab(44.55% -0.0406 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(44.55% 0.09 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1945, 9.1197, 2.1402)
Luminance	0.0912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515A16 #1F165A

analogous

#5A4116 #515A16 #2F5A16

triadic

#515A16 #16515A #5A1651

tetradic

#515A16 #165A41 #1F165A #5A162F

square

#515A16 #165A41 #1F165A #5A162F

split-complementary

#515A16 #162F5A #41165A

monochromatic

#161906 #25290A #515A16 #7D8B22 #AABC2E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44

#515A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#515A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515A16

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515A16	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)

#61550B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56554D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 90, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.090 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848858',
    500: '#515a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515a16;
$custom-light: #848858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.941,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44547,
    "c": 0.09013,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515A16

secondary

#463B91

accent

#44E459

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #515A16

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

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