#515D12#515D12

#515D12 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.097 H 118.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515D12
RGB	rgb(81, 93, 18)
HSL	hsl(70, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(70, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 80.6%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.15, -15.45, 38.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.15, 41.52, 111.85°)
OKLab	oklab(45.3% -0.0462 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(45.3% 0.097 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4170, 9.6218, 2.0386)
Luminance	0.0962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515D12 #1E125D

analogous

#5D4412 #515D12 #2C5D12

triadic

#515D12 #12515D #5D1251

tetradic

#515D12 #125D44 #1E125D #5D122C

square

#515D12 #125D44 #1E125D #5D122C

split-complementary

#515D12 #122C5D #44125D

monochromatic

#161A05 #242A08 #515D12 #7E901C #AAC426

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#515D12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#515D12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515D12

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515D12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515D12	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)

#645703

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625819

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56574F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515d12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 93, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.097 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848a57',
    500: '#515d12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515d12;
$custom-light: #848a57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515d12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.6,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45295,
    "c": 0.09672,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515D12

secondary

#453595

accent

#3DEA59

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFF0E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #515D12

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

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