#51420E#51420E

#51420E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.070 H 92.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51420E
RGB	rgb(81, 66, 14)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(47, 83%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 82.7%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.58, 0.29, 32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.58, 32.05, 89.48°)
OKLab	oklab(38.45% -0.0026 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(38.45% 0.07 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.4211, 5.6778, 1.2258)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51420E #0E1D51

analogous

#51200E #51420E #3E510E

triadic

#51420E #0E5142 #420E51

tetradic

#51420E #0E5120 #0E1D51 #510E3E

square

#51420E #0E5120 #0E1D51 #510E3E

split-complementary

#51420E #0E3E51 #200E51

monochromatic

#1A1505 #1D1705 #51420E #856D17 #B99720

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#51420E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#51420E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51420E

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51420E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51420E	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4106

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4511

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51420e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 66, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.070 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857651',
    500: '#51420e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51420e;
$custom-light: #857651;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51420e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 70.526,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3845,
    "c": 0.0704,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51420E

secondary

#2F448C

accent

#63ED3A

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #51420E

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

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