#514B15#514B15

#514B15 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.073 H 102.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B15
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 21)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 74.1%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.43, -4.86, 31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.43, 32.06, 98.72°)
OKLab	oklab(40.72% -0.0163 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(40.72% 0.073 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.0450, 6.8359, 1.7104)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B15 #151B51

analogous

#512D15 #514B15 #395115

triadic

#514B15 #15514B #4B1551

tetradic

#514B15 #15512D #151B51 #511539

square

#514B15 #15512D #151B51 #511539

split-complementary

#514B15 #153951 #2D1551

monochromatic

#181706 #201E08 #514B15 #827822 #B2A52E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#514B15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#514B15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B15

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B15	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)

#52480D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#584540

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.073 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847d56',
    500: '#514b15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b15;
$custom-light: #847d56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40722,
    "c": 0.07295,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B15

secondary

#394189

accent

#55E246

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B15

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

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