#515B16#515B16

#515B16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.091 H 117.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515B16
RGB	rgb(81, 91, 22)
HSL	hsl(69, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(69, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 75.8%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.54, -14.11, 36.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.54, 39.01, 111.21°)
OKLab	oklab(44.81% -0.0421 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(44.81% 0.091 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2794, 9.2895, 2.1685)
Luminance	0.0929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515B16 #20165B

analogous

#5B4316 #515B16 #2E5B16

triadic

#515B16 #16515B #5B1651

tetradic

#515B16 #165B43 #20165B #5B162E

square

#515B16 #165B43 #20165B #5B162E

split-complementary

#515B16 #162E5B #43165B

monochromatic

#161906 #252A0A #515B16 #7D8C22 #A9BE2E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#515B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#515B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515B16

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515B16	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)

#62560A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61561C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56564D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 91, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.091 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848958',
    500: '#515b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515b16;
$custom-light: #848958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.696,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44806,
    "c": 0.09144,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515B16

secondary

#473B92

accent

#44E45B

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFF0E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #515B16

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

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