#515B2E#515B2E

#515B2E is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.068 H 119.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515B2E
RGB	rgb(81, 91, 46)
HSL	hsl(73, 33%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(73, 49%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 49.5%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.80, -11.91, 24.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.80, 27.27, 115.89°)
OKLab	oklab(45.1% -0.0333 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(45.1% 0.068 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6276, 9.4288, 4.0023)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515B2E #382E5B

analogous

#5B4F2E #515B2E #3B5B2E

triadic

#515B2E #2E515B #5B2E51

tetradic

#515B2E #2E5B4F #382E5B #5B2E3B

square

#515B2E #2E5B4F #382E5B #5B2E3B

split-complementary

#515B2E #2E3B5B #4F2E5B

monochromatic

#12140A #2D3219 #515B2E #758443 #99AB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#515B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#515B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515B2E

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515B2E	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60572A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#555750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 91, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.068 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#838968',
    500: '#515b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515b2e;
$custom-light: #838968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.333,
    "s": 32.847,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.451,
    "c": 0.06771,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515B2E

secondary

#64588D

accent

#5FC976

background

#F8F8F6

surface

#EFF0EB

border

#CACBC6

text

#0B0B06

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #515B2E

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

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