#51440E#51440E

#51440E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.072 H 94.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51440E
RGB	rgb(81, 68, 14)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(48, 83%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 82.7%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.20, -0.96, 32.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.20, 32.64, 91.68°)
OKLab	oklab(38.93% -0.0061 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(38.93% 0.072 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5400, 5.9156, 1.2654)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51440E #0E1B51

analogous

#51220E #51440E #3C510E

triadic

#51440E #0E5144 #440E51

tetradic

#51440E #0E5122 #0E1B51 #510E3C

square

#51440E #0E5122 #0E1B51 #510E3C

split-complementary

#51440E #0E3C51 #220E51

monochromatic

#1A1605 #1D1805 #51440E #857017 #B99C20

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#51440E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#51440E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51440E

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51440E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51440E	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4305

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4711

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583E3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51440e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 68, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.072 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857751',
    500: '#51440e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51440e;
$custom-light: #857751;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51440e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 70.526,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38935,
    "c": 0.07184,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51440E

secondary

#2F418C

accent

#5DED3A

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #51440E

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

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