#515B19#515B19

#515B19 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.089 H 117.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515B19
RGB	rgb(81, 91, 25)
HSL	hsl(69, 57%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(69, 73%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 72.5%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.56, -13.91, 35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.56, 37.75, 111.63°)
OKLab	oklab(44.83% -0.0413 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(44.83% 0.089 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3100, 9.3018, 2.3298)
Luminance	0.0930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515B19 #23195B

analogous

#5B4419 #515B19 #305B19

triadic

#515B19 #19515B #5B1951

tetradic

#515B19 #195B44 #23195B #5B1930

square

#515B19 #195B44 #23195B #5B1930

split-complementary

#515B19 #19305B #44195B

monochromatic

#151807 #262B0C #515B19 #7C8B26 #A6BB33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#515B19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#515B19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515B19

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515B19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515B19	1.00	7.34	2.86	7.34
#FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61560F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56564E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515b19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 91, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.089 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84895a',
    500: '#515b19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515b19;
$custom-light: #84895a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515b19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.091,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44832,
    "c": 0.08914,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515B19

secondary

#4B3F91

accent

#48E05F

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFF0E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #515B19

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

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