#514A2D#514A2D

#514A2D is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.045 H 96.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514A2D
RGB	rgb(81, 74, 45)
HSL	hsl(48, 29%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(48, 44%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 44.4%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.43, -1.93, 18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.43, 18.48, 95.99°)
OKLab	oklab(40.82% -0.0049 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(40.82% 0.045 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3159, 6.8366, 3.4690)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514A2D #2D3451

analogous

#51382D #514A2D #46512D

triadic

#514A2D #2D514A #4A2D51

tetradic

#514A2D #2D5138 #2D3451 #512D46

square

#514A2D #2D5138 #2D3451 #512D46

split-complementary

#514A2D #2D4651 #382D51

monochromatic

#14120B #2A2617 #514A2D #786E43 #A09259

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#514A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#514A2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514A2D

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514A2D	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50492B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564643

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 74, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.045 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837c66',
    500: '#514a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514a2d;
$custom-light: #837c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40824,
    "c": 0.04526,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514A2D

secondary

#576083

accent

#76C563

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEB

border

#CAC9C6

text

#0A0906

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #514A2D

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

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