#515B11#515B11

#515B11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.095 H 117.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515B11
RGB	rgb(81, 91, 17)
HSL	hsl(68, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(68, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 81.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.50, -14.40, 38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.50, 40.91, 110.60°)
OKLab	oklab(44.77% -0.0434 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(44.77% 0.095 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2358, 9.2721, 1.9387)
Luminance	0.0927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515B11 #1B115B

analogous

#5B4011 #515B11 #2C5B11

triadic

#515B11 #11515B #5B1151

tetradic

#515B11 #115B40 #1B115B #5B112C

square

#515B11 #115B40 #1B115B #5B112C

split-complementary

#515B11 #112C5B #40115B

monochromatic

#171A05 #232707 #515B11 #7F8F1B #ADC224

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#515B11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#515B11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515B11

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515B11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515B11	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)

#625602

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615618

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57554D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515b11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 91, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.095 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848956',
    500: '#515b11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515b11;
$custom-light: #848956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515b11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.108,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44769,
    "c": 0.09478,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515B11

secondary

#413494

accent

#3CEB54

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFF0E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #515B11

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →