#51490E#51490E

#51490E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.076 H 101.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51490E
RGB	rgb(81, 73, 14)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(53, 83%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 82.7%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.75, -4.04, 34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.75, 34.32, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.17% -0.0148 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(40.17% 0.076 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.8554, 6.5464, 1.3705)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51490E #0E1651

analogous

#51270E #51490E #37510E

triadic

#51490E #0E5149 #490E51

tetradic

#51490E #0E5127 #0E1651 #510E37

square

#51490E #0E5127 #0E1651 #510E37

split-complementary

#51490E #0E3751 #270E51

monochromatic

#1A1805 #1D1A05 #51490E #857817 #B9A720

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#51490E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#51490E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51490E

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51490E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51490E	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514704

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58433E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51490e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 73, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.076 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857b52',
    500: '#51490e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51490e;
$custom-light: #857b52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51490e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 70.526,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40165,
    "c": 0.07614,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51490E

secondary

#2F3A8C

accent

#50ED3A

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #51490E

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

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