#515B10#515B10

#515B10 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.095 H 117.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515B10
RGB	rgb(81, 91, 16)
HSL	hsl(68, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(68, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 82.4%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.50, -14.45, 38.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.50, 41.26, 110.49°)
OKLab	oklab(44.76% -0.0436 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(44.76% 0.095 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2281, 9.2690, 1.8984)
Luminance	0.0927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515B10 #1A105B

analogous

#5B3F10 #515B10 #2B5B10

triadic

#515B10 #10515B #5B1051

tetradic

#515B10 #105B3F #1A105B #5B102B

square

#515B10 #105B3F #1A105B #5B102B

split-complementary

#515B10 #102B5B #3F105B

monochromatic

#171A05 #232707 #515B10 #7F8F19 #AEC322

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#515B10 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#515B10 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515B10

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515B10	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515B10	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)

#615617

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57554D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515b10;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 91, 16);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.095 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848955',
    500: '#515b10',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515b10;
$custom-light: #848955;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515b10",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 16
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44762,
    "c": 0.09538,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515B10

secondary

#403394

accent

#3BED53

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFF0E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #515B10

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

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