#515C38#515C38

#515C38 is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.057 H 122.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515C38
RGB	rgb(81, 92, 56)
HSL	hsl(78, 24%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(78, 39%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 39.1%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.28, -11.13, 19.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.28, 22.30, 119.93°)
OKLab	oklab(45.54% -0.0304 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(45.54% 0.057 122.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9343, 9.6891, 5.1928)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515C38 #43385C

analogous

#5C5538 #515C38 #3F5C38

triadic

#515C38 #38515C #5C3851

tetradic

#515C38 #385C55 #43385C #5C383F

square

#515C38 #385C55 #43385C #5C383F

split-complementary

#515C38 #383F5C #55385C

monochromatic

#11130C #303621 #515C38 #72824F #93A46A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#515C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#515C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515C38

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515C38	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F583A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#545953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 92, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.057 122.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828a6f',
    500: '#515c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515c38;
$custom-light: #828a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.333,
    "s": 24.324,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45538,
    "c": 0.05656,
    "h": 122.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515C38

secondary

#70638C

accent

#67C182

background

#F8F8F6

surface

#EFF0EC

border

#CACBC7

text

#0A0B07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #515C38

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

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