#514A18#514A18

#514A18 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.069 H 101.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514A18
RGB	rgb(81, 74, 24)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 70.4%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.14, -4.04, 29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.14, 30.20, 97.69°)
OKLab	oklab(40.5% -0.0136 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(40.5% 0.069 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0072, 6.7131, 1.8433)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514A18 #181F51

analogous

#512D18 #514A18 #3B5118

triadic

#514A18 #18514A #4A1851

tetradic

#514A18 #18512D #181F51 #51183B

square

#514A18 #18512D #181F51 #51183B

split-complementary

#514A18 #183B51 #2D1851

monochromatic

#181607 #221F0A #514A18 #807526 #AFA034

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#514A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#514A18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514A18

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514A18	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514812

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534B1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574440

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 74, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.069 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847c58',
    500: '#514a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514a18;
$custom-light: #847c58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.632,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40504,
    "c": 0.06929,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514A18

secondary

#3D4688

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #514A18

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

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