#514B18#514B18

#514B18 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.070 H 102.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B18
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 24)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 70.4%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.46, -4.65, 30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.46, 30.62, 98.74°)
OKLab	oklab(40.75% -0.0153 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(40.75% 0.07 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.0745, 6.8477, 1.8657)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B18 #181E51

analogous

#512E18 #514B18 #3A5118

triadic

#514B18 #18514B #4B1851

tetradic

#514B18 #18512E #181E51 #51183A

square

#514B18 #18512E #181E51 #51183A

split-complementary

#514B18 #183A51 #2E1851

monochromatic

#181607 #221F0A #514B18 #807726 #AFA234

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#514B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#514B18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B18

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B18	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)

#524812

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574640

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.070 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847d58',
    500: '#514b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b18;
$custom-light: #847d58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40752,
    "c": 0.07034,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B18

secondary

#3D4588

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B18

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

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