#515B2B#515B2B

#515B2B is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.071 H 119.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515B2B
RGB	rgb(81, 91, 43)
HSL	hsl(73, 36%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(73, 53%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 52.7%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.75, -12.26, 26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.75, 28.90, 115.11°)
OKLab	oklab(45.05% -0.0346 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(45.05% 0.071 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5705, 9.4060, 3.7017)
Luminance	0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515B2B #352B5B

analogous

#5B4D2B #515B2B #395B2B

triadic

#515B2B #2B515B #5B2B51

tetradic

#515B2B #2B5B4D #352B5B #5B2B39

square

#515B2B #2B5B4D #352B5B #5B2B39

split-complementary

#515B2B #2B395B #4D2B5B

monochromatic

#12150A #2C3117 #515B2B #76853F #9BAE53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#515B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#515B2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515B2B

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515B2B	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F572E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#555750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 91, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.071 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#838966',
    500: '#515b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515b2b;
$custom-light: #838966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.5,
    "s": 35.821,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45052,
    "c": 0.07129,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515B2B

secondary

#60558D

accent

#5CCC73

background

#F8F8F6

surface

#EFF0EB

border

#CACBC6

text

#0B0B06

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #515B2B

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

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