#515B38#515B38

#515B38 is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.055 H 121.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515B38
RGB	rgb(81, 91, 56)
HSL	hsl(77, 24%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(77, 38%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 38.5%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.96, -10.55, 18.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.96, 21.66, 119.16°)
OKLab	oklab(45.29% -0.0287 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(45.29% 0.055 121.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8482, 9.5170, 5.1641)
Luminance	0.0952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515B38 #42385B

analogous

#5B5438 #515B38 #405B38

triadic

#515B38 #38515B #5B3851

tetradic

#515B38 #385B54 #42385B #5B3840

square

#515B38 #385B54 #42385B #5B3840

split-complementary

#515B38 #38405B #54385B

monochromatic

#11130C #2F3521 #515B38 #73814F #93A36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#515B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#515B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515B38

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515B38	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E573A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#545852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 91, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.055 121.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82896f',
    500: '#515b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515b38;
$custom-light: #82896f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.143,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45285,
    "c": 0.05488,
    "h": 121.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515B38

secondary

#6F648B

accent

#68C081

background

#F8F8F6

surface

#EFF0EC

border

#CACBC7

text

#0A0B07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #515B38

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

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