#515E17#515E17

#515E17 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.095 H 119.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515E17
RGB	rgb(81, 94, 23)
HSL	hsl(71, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(71, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 75.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.51, -15.71, 36.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.51, 40.12, 113.05°)
OKLab	oklab(45.59% -0.0465 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(45.59% 0.095 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5508, 9.8166, 2.3075)
Luminance	0.0982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515E17 #24175E

analogous

#5E4717 #515E17 #2D5E17

triadic

#515E17 #17515E #5E1751

tetradic

#515E17 #175E47 #24175E #5E172D

square

#515E17 #175E47 #24175E #5E172D

split-complementary

#515E17 #172D5E #47175E

monochromatic

#151906 #272D0B #515E17 #7B8F23 #A6C02F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#515E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#515E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515E17

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515E17	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64580B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63581D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#565950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 94, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.095 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848b59',
    500: '#515e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515e17;
$custom-light: #848b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.986,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45593,
    "c": 0.09467,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515E17

secondary

#4C3C95

accent

#44E461

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFF0E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0C04

muted

#7C7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #515E17

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

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