#514A12#514A12

#514A12 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.074 H 102.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514A12
RGB	rgb(81, 74, 18)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 77.8%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.09, -4.44, 32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.09, 33.02, 97.72°)
OKLab	oklab(40.45% -0.0155 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(40.45% 0.074 102)
XYZ	xyz(5.9516, 6.6908, 1.5501)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514A12 #121951

analogous

#512B12 #514A12 #395112

triadic

#514A12 #12514A #4A1251

tetradic

#514A12 #12512B #121951 #511239

square

#514A12 #12512B #121951 #511239

split-complementary

#514A12 #123951 #2B1251

monochromatic

#191706 #1F1C07 #514A12 #83781D #B5A528

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#514A12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#514A12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514A12

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514A12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514A12	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)

#524709

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544A16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58443F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514a12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 74, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.074 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847c54',
    500: '#514a12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514a12;
$custom-light: #847c54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514a12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40446,
    "c": 0.0743,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.06691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514A12

secondary

#353E8A

accent

#54E741

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE8

border

#CAC9C4

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #514A12

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

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