#515D14#515D14

#515D14 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.095 H 118.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515D14
RGB	rgb(81, 93, 20)
HSL	hsl(70, 65%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(70, 78%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 78.5%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.17, -15.34, 37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.17, 40.79, 112.09°)
OKLab	oklab(45.31% -0.0457 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(45.31% 0.095 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4341, 9.6286, 2.1286)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515D14 #20145D

analogous

#5D4514 #515D14 #2D5D14

triadic

#515D14 #14515D #5D1451

tetradic

#515D14 #145D45 #20145D #5D142D

square

#515D14 #145D45 #20145D #5D142D

split-complementary

#515D14 #142D5D #45145D

monochromatic

#161905 #252B09 #515D14 #7D8F1F #A9C22A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#515D14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#515D14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515D14

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515D14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515D14	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645706

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62581A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56584F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515d14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 93, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.095 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848a58',
    500: '#515d14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515d14;
$custom-light: #848a58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515d14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.863,
    "s": 64.602,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45309,
    "c": 0.09544,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515D14

secondary

#473895

accent

#40E85C

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFF0E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #515D14

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

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