#514A2E#514A2E

#514A2E is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.044 H 95.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514A2E
RGB	rgb(81, 74, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 28%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(48, 43%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 43.2%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.45, -1.80, 17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.45, 17.88, 95.77°)
OKLab	oklab(40.84% -0.0044 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(40.84% 0.044 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3354, 6.8444, 3.5716)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514A2E #2E3551

analogous

#51392E #514A2E #47512E

triadic

#514A2E #2E514A #4A2E51

tetradic

#514A2E #2E5139 #2E3551 #512E47

square

#514A2E #2E5139 #2E3551 #512E47

split-complementary

#514A2E #2E4751 #392E51

monochromatic

#14120B #2A2618 #514A2E #786E44 #9F915A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#514A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#514A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514A2E

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514A2E	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)

#4F492C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564643

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 74, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.044 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827c67',
    500: '#514a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514a2e;
$custom-light: #827c67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 27.559,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40844,
    "c": 0.04391,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514A2E

secondary

#586183

accent

#77C464

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEB

border

#CAC9C6

text

#0A0906

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #514A2E

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

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