#514B0E#514B0E

#514B0E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.078 H 103.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B0E
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 14)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(55, 83%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 82.7%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.38, -5.25, 34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.38, 35.06, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(40.66% -0.0183 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(40.66% 0.078 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.9889, 6.8134, 1.4150)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B0E #0E1451

analogous

#51290E #514B0E #35510E

triadic

#514B0E #0E514B #4B0E51

tetradic

#514B0E #0E5129 #0E1451 #510E35

square

#514B0E #0E5129 #0E1451 #510E35

split-complementary

#514B0E #0E3551 #290E51

monochromatic

#1A1805 #1D1B05 #514B0E #857B17 #B9AC20

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#514B0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#514B0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B0E

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B0E	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534803

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554B13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58453F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.078 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857d52',
    500: '#514b0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b0e;
$custom-light: #857d52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 70.526,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40664,
    "c": 0.07809,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B0E

secondary

#2F388C

accent

#4BED3A

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEEE7

border

#CAC9C3

text

#0B0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B0E

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

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