#515E11#515E11

#515E11 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.099 H 119.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515E11
RGB	rgb(81, 94, 17)
HSL	hsl(70, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(70, 82%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 81.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.47, -16.05, 39.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.47, 42.36, 112.27°)
OKLab	oklab(45.55% -0.048 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(45.55% 0.099 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.4974, 9.7953, 2.0259)
Luminance	0.0979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515E11 #1E115E

analogous

#5E4511 #515E11 #2B5E11

triadic

#515E11 #11515E #5E1151

tetradic

#515E11 #115E45 #1E115E #5E112B

square

#515E11 #115E45 #1E115E #5E112B

split-complementary

#515E11 #112B5E #45115E

monochromatic

#161A05 #242A08 #515E11 #7E921A #AAC624

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#515E11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#515E11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515E11

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515E11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515E11	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)

#655801

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#565850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515e11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 94, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.099 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#858b56',
    500: '#515e11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515e11;
$custom-light: #858b56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515e11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.13,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45549,
    "c": 0.09862,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515E11

secondary

#453497

accent

#3CEC59

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFF0E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0C03

muted

#7C7D78

Preview Lab

Preview with #515E11

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

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