#51491E#51491E

#51491E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.062 H 98.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51491E
RGB	rgb(81, 73, 30)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 63%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.90, -2.95, 26.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.90, 26.66, 96.35°)
OKLab	oklab(40.33% -0.0096 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(40.33% 0.062 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.0104, 6.6084, 2.1870)
Luminance	0.0661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51491E #1E2651

analogous

#51301E #51491E #40511E

triadic

#51491E #1E5149 #491E51

tetradic

#51491E #1E5130 #1E2651 #511E40

square

#51491E #1E5130 #1E2651 #511E40

split-complementary

#51491E #1E4051 #301E51

monochromatic

#161408 #24210D #51491E #7E712F #AA993F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#51491E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#51491E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51491E

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51491E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51491E	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50471A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524A20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57443F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51491e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 73, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.062 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847b5b',
    500: '#51491e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51491e;
$custom-light: #847b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51491e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.588,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40329,
    "c": 0.06232,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51491E

secondary

#454F86

accent

#67D652

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #51491E

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

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