#515B14#515B14

#515B14 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.093 H 117.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515B14
RGB	rgb(81, 91, 20)
HSL	hsl(68, 64%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(68, 78%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 78%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.52, -14.23, 37.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.52, 39.80, 110.95°)
OKLab	oklab(44.79% -0.0427 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(44.79% 0.093 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2609, 9.2821, 2.0708)
Luminance	0.0928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515B14 #1E145B

analogous

#5B4214 #515B14 #2E5B14

triadic

#515B14 #14515B #5B1451

tetradic

#515B14 #145B42 #1E145B #5B142E

square

#515B14 #145B42 #1E145B #5B142E

split-complementary

#515B14 #142E5B #42145B

monochromatic

#161906 #242909 #515B14 #7E8D1F #AABF2A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#515B14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#515B14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515B14

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515B14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515B14	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625607

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61561A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56564D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515b14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 91, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.093 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848957',
    500: '#515b14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515b14;
$custom-light: #848957;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515b14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.451,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4479,
    "c": 0.09285,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515B14

secondary

#453893

accent

#41E758

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFF0E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #515B14

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

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