#514B11#514B11

#514B11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.076 H 103.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B11
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 17)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(54, 79%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 79%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.40, -5.10, 33.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.40, 33.84, 98.66°)
OKLab	oklab(40.69% -0.0175 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(40.69% 0.076 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0109, 6.8222, 1.5304)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B11 #111751

analogous

#512B11 #514B11 #375111

triadic

#514B11 #11514B #4B1151

tetradic

#514B11 #11512B #111751 #511137

square

#514B11 #11512B #111751 #511137

split-complementary

#514B11 #113751 #2B1151

monochromatic

#191705 #1E1C06 #514B11 #847A1C #B6A926

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#514B11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#514B11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B11

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B11	1.00	8.88	2.36	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534807

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#584540

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.076 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847d54',
    500: '#514b11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b11;
$custom-light: #847d54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40687,
    "c": 0.07605,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B11

secondary

#343C8A

accent

#4FE840

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEEE8

border

#CAC9C4

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B11

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

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