#515D11#515D11

#515D11 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.097 H 118.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515D11
RGB	rgb(81, 93, 17)
HSL	hsl(69, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(69, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 81.7%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.15, -15.50, 38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.15, 41.87, 111.73°)
OKLab	oklab(45.29% -0.0465 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(45.29% 0.097 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4090, 9.6186, 1.9965)
Luminance	0.0962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515D11 #1D115D

analogous

#5D4311 #515D11 #2B5D11

triadic

#515D11 #11515D #5D1151

tetradic

#515D11 #115D43 #1D115D #5D112B

square

#515D11 #115D43 #1D115D #5D112B

split-complementary

#515D11 #112B5D #43115D

monochromatic

#171A05 #242908 #515D11 #7E911A #ABC424

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#515D11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#515D11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515D11

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515D11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515D11	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645701

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56574F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515d11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 93, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.097 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848a56',
    500: '#515d11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515d11;
$custom-light: #848a56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515d11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.474,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45289,
    "c": 0.09733,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515D11

secondary

#443496

accent

#3CEC58

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFF0E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #515D11

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

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