#515E20#515E20

#515E20 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.087 H 120.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515E20
RGB	rgb(81, 94, 32)
HSL	hsl(73, 49%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(73, 66%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 66%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.59, -15.04, 32.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.59, 36.18, 114.57°)
OKLab	oklab(45.68% -0.0436 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(45.68% 0.087 120)
XYZ	xyz(7.6569, 9.8591, 2.8658)
Luminance	0.0986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515E20 #2D205E

analogous

#5E4C20 #515E20 #325E20

triadic

#515E20 #20515E #5E2051

tetradic

#515E20 #205E4C #2D205E #5E2032

square

#515E20 #205E4C #2D205E #5E2032

split-complementary

#515E20 #20325E #4C205E

monochromatic

#141708 #2A3010 #515E20 #788C30 #A0B93F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#515E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#515E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515E20

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515E20	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625924

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#565951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 94, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.087 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848b5f',
    500: '#515e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515e20;
$custom-light: #848b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.581,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45679,
    "c": 0.08722,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.09859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515E20

secondary

#574792

accent

#4FD96C

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFF0E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0C05

muted

#7C7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #515E20

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

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