#515E2E#515E2E

#515E2E is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.072 H 121.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#515E2E
RGBrgb(81, 94, 46)
HSLhsl(76, 34%, 27%)
HSVhsv(76, 51%, 37%)
CMYKcmyk(13.8%, 0%, 51.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LABlab(37.76, -13.60, 25.70)
CIE-LCHlch(37.76, 29.08, 117.88°)
OKLaboklab(45.87% -0.0381 0.0616)
OKLCHoklch(45.87% 0.072 121.8)
XYZxyz(7.8892, 9.9520, 4.0895)
Luminance0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#515E2E #3B2E5E
analogous
#5E532E #515E2E #395E2E
triadic
#515E2E #2E515E #5E2E51
tetradic
#515E2E #2E5E53 #3B2E5E #5E2E39
square
#515E2E #2E5E53 #3B2E5E #5E2E39
split-complementary
#515E2E #2E395E #532E5E
monochromatic
#12150A #2E351A #515E2E #748742 #97AE59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02
#515E2E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99
#515E2E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515E2E
7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##515E2E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##515E2E1.007.022.997.02
#FFFFFF7.021.0021.001.00
#0000002.9921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.021.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#63592A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#615931
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#555A53
Achromatopsia (no color)
#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #515e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 94, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.072 121.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#838b68',
    500: '#515e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #515e2e;
$custom-light: #838b68;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#515e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.25,
    "s": 34.286,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45869,
    "c": 0.07239,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#515E2E
secondary
#675890
accent
#5DCA7B
background
#F8F8F6
surface
#EFF0EB
border
#CACBC6
text
#0B0C06
muted
#7C7D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #515E2E

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#515E2E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva