#515B15#515B15

#515B15 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.092 H 117.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515B15
RGB	rgb(81, 91, 21)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(69, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 76.9%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.53, -14.17, 36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.53, 39.41, 111.08°)
OKLab	oklab(44.8% -0.0424 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(44.8% 0.092 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2699, 9.2857, 2.1187)
Luminance	0.0929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515B15 #1F155B

analogous

#5B4215 #515B15 #2E5B15

triadic

#515B15 #15515B #5B1551

tetradic

#515B15 #155B42 #1F155B #5B152E

square

#515B15 #155B42 #1F155B #5B152E

split-complementary

#515B15 #152E5B #42155B

monochromatic

#161906 #25290A #515B15 #7D8D20 #AABE2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#515B15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#515B15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515B15

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515B15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515B15	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)

#625608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61561B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56564D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515b15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 91, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.092 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848958',
    500: '#515b15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515b15;
$custom-light: #848958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515b15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44798,
    "c": 0.09215,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515B15

secondary

#463992

accent

#42E65A

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFF0E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #515B15

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

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