#515E0E#515E0E

#515E0E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.100 H 119.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515E0E
RGB	rgb(81, 94, 14)
HSL	hsl(70, 74%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(70, 85%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 85.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.46, -16.19, 40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.46, 43.33, 111.94°)
OKLab	oklab(45.53% -0.0486 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(45.53% 0.1 119)
XYZ	xyz(7.4755, 9.7865, 1.9106)
Luminance	0.0979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515E0E #1B0E5E

analogous

#5E430E #515E0E #295E0E

triadic

#515E0E #0E515E #5E0E51

tetradic

#515E0E #0E5E43 #1B0E5E #5E0E29

square

#515E0E #0E5E43 #1B0E5E #5E0E29

split-complementary

#515E0E #0E295E #430E5E

monochromatic

#171B04 #232906 #515E0E #7F9316 #ADC91E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#515E0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#515E0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515E0E

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515E0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515E0E	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635816

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56584F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515e0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 94, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.100 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#858b55',
    500: '#515e0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515e0e;
$custom-light: #858b55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515e0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.75,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45531,
    "c": 0.10028,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.09786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515E0E

secondary

#413098

accent

#37F155

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFF0E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0C03

muted

#7C7D78

Preview Lab

Preview with #515E0E

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

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