#514A2F#514A2F

#514A2F is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.043 H 95.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514A2F
RGB	rgb(81, 74, 47)
HSL	hsl(48, 27%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(48, 42%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 42%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.47, -1.66, 17.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.47, 17.28, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.87% -0.004 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(40.87% 0.043 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3553, 6.8523, 3.6766)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514A2F #2F3651

analogous

#51392F #514A2F #47512F

triadic

#514A2F #2F514A #4A2F51

tetradic

#514A2F #2F5139 #2F3651 #512F47

square

#514A2F #2F5139 #2F3651 #512F47

split-complementary

#514A2F #2F4751 #392F51

monochromatic

#13120B #2A2719 #514A2F #786D45 #9E915C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#514A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#514A2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514A2F

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514A2F	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F492D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564643

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 74, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.043 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827c68',
    500: '#514a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514a2f;
$custom-light: #827c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 26.562,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40865,
    "c": 0.04256,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514A2F

secondary

#596282

accent

#78C365

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEB

border

#CAC9C6

text

#0A0906

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #514A2F

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

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