#514A11#514A11

#514A11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.075 H 102.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514A11
RGB	rgb(81, 74, 17)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 79%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.08, -4.49, 33.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.08, 33.45, 97.72°)
OKLab	oklab(40.44% -0.0158 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(40.44% 0.075 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.9436, 6.6876, 1.5080)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514A11 #111851

analogous

#512A11 #514A11 #385111

triadic

#514A11 #11514A #4A1151

tetradic

#514A11 #11512A #111851 #511138

square

#514A11 #11512A #111851 #511138

split-complementary

#514A11 #113851 #2A1151

monochromatic

#191705 #1E1C06 #514A11 #84781C #B6A626

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#514A11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#514A11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514A11

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514A11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514A11	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544A15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58443F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514a11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 74, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.075 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847c54',
    500: '#514a11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514a11;
$custom-light: #847c54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514a11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.438,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40437,
    "c": 0.07505,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514A11

secondary

#343D8A

accent

#52E840

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEEE8

border

#CAC9C4

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #514A11

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

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