#515B1A#515B1A

#515B1A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.088 H 117.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515B1A
RGB	rgb(81, 91, 26)
HSL	hsl(69, 56%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(69, 71%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 71.4%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.57, -13.84, 34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.57, 37.32, 111.78°)
OKLab	oklab(44.84% -0.041 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(44.84% 0.088 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3210, 9.3062, 2.3877)
Luminance	0.0931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515B1A #241A5B

analogous

#5B441A #515B1A #305B1A

triadic

#515B1A #1A515B #5B1A51

tetradic

#515B1A #1A5B44 #241A5B #5B1A30

square

#515B1A #1A5B44 #241A5B #5B1A30

split-complementary

#515B1A #1A305B #441A5B

monochromatic

#151807 #272B0C #515B1A #7B8B28 #A6BA35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#515B1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#515B1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515B1A

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515B1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515B1A	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)

#615611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56564E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515b1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 91, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.088 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84895b',
    500: '#515b1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515b1a;
$custom-light: #84895b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515b1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44841,
    "c": 0.08833,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515B1A

secondary

#4C4091

accent

#49DF60

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFF0E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #515B1A

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

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