#515B0E#515B0E

#515B0E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.097 H 117.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515B0E
RGB	rgb(81, 91, 14)
HSL	hsl(68, 73%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(68, 85%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 84.6%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.49, -14.54, 39.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.49, 41.93, 110.29°)
OKLab	oklab(44.75% -0.0441 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(44.75% 0.097 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2139, 9.2633, 1.8233)
Luminance	0.0926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515B0E #180E5B

analogous

#5B3E0E #515B0E #2A5B0E

triadic

#515B0E #0E515B #5B0E51

tetradic

#515B0E #0E5B3E #180E5B #5B0E2A

square

#515B0E #0E5B3E #180E5B #5B0E2A

split-complementary

#515B0E #0E2A5B #3E0E5B

monochromatic

#181B04 #222606 #515B0E #809016 #AFC51E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#515B0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#515B0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515B0E

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515B0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515B0E	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615616

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57554D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515b0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 91, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.097 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#858955',
    500: '#515b0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515b0e;
$custom-light: #858955;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515b0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.792,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4475,
    "c": 0.09651,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515B0E

secondary

#3D3095

accent

#38F050

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFF0E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #515B0E

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

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