#515C17#515C17

#515C17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.092 H 118.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515C17
RGB	rgb(81, 92, 23)
HSL	hsl(70, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(70, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 75%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.87, -14.61, 36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.87, 39.10, 111.93°)
OKLab	oklab(45.07% -0.0434 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(45.07% 0.092 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3753, 9.4656, 2.2489)
Luminance	0.0946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515C17 #22175C

analogous

#5C4417 #515C17 #2F5C17

triadic

#515C17 #17515C #5C1751

tetradic

#515C17 #175C44 #22175C #5C172F

square

#515C17 #175C44 #22175C #5C172F

split-complementary

#515C17 #172F5C #44175C

monochromatic

#161806 #262B0B #515C17 #7C8D23 #A7BE2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#515C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#515C17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515C17

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515C17	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62570C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61571C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56574E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 92, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.092 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848a59',
    500: '#515c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515c17;
$custom-light: #848a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.565,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45073,
    "c": 0.09201,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515C17

secondary

#4A3C93

accent

#45E35E

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFF0E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #515C17

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

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