#51490F#51490F

#51490F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.075 H 101.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51490F
RGB	rgb(81, 73, 15)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 81.5%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.76, -3.99, 33.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.76, 33.92, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.17% -0.0146 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(40.17% 0.075 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.8624, 6.5492, 1.4072)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51490F #0F1751

analogous

#51280F #51490F #38510F

triadic

#51490F #0F5149 #490F51

tetradic

#51490F #0F5128 #0F1751 #510F38

square

#51490F #0F5128 #0F1751 #510F38

split-complementary

#51490F #0F3851 #280F51

monochromatic

#1A1705 #1D1A05 #51490F #857819 #B8A622

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#51490F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#51490F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51490F

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51490F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51490F	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)

#514705

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58433E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51490f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 73, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.075 101.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51490f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40173,
    "c": 0.07548,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51490F

secondary

#313C8B

accent

#51EC3C

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #51490F

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

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