#51420C#51420C

#51420C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.072 H 92.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51420C
RGB	rgb(81, 66, 12)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(47, 85%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 85.2%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.57, 0.20, 32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.57, 32.87, 89.66°)
OKLab	oklab(38.44% -0.0031 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(38.44% 0.072 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.4082, 5.6726, 1.1578)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51420C #0C1B51

analogous

#511F0C #51420C #3D510C

triadic

#51420C #0C5142 #420C51

tetradic

#51420C #0C511F #0C1B51 #510C3D

square

#51420C #0C511F #0C1B51 #510C3D

split-complementary

#51420C #0C3D51 #1F0C51

monochromatic

#1B1604 #1C1704 #51420C #866D14 #BC991C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#51420C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#51420C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51420C

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51420C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51420C	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4103

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E450F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51420c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 66, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.072 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857650',
    500: '#51420c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51420c;
$custom-light: #857650;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51420c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38435,
    "c": 0.07169,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51420C

secondary

#2C418C

accent

#5FF137

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #51420C

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

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