#514B16#514B16

#514B16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.072 H 102.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B16
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 22)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 72.8%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.44, -4.79, 31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.44, 31.59, 98.73°)
OKLab	oklab(40.73% -0.016 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(40.73% 0.072 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.0545, 6.8397, 1.7602)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B16 #161C51

analogous

#512D16 #514B16 #3A5116

triadic

#514B16 #16514B #4B1651

tetradic

#514B16 #16512D #161C51 #51163A

square

#514B16 #16512D #161C51 #51163A

split-complementary

#514B16 #163A51 #2D1651

monochromatic

#181607 #211E09 #514B16 #817823 #B1A430

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#514B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#514B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B16

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B16	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)

#52480F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#584540

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.072 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847d56',
    500: '#514b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b16;
$custom-light: #847d56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.898,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40732,
    "c": 0.07211,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B16

secondary

#3A4288

accent

#57E147

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B16

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

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