#514B1A#514B1A

#514B1A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.068 H 102.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B1A
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 26)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 67.9%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.48, -4.50, 29.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.48, 29.61, 98.74°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% -0.0146 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.068 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0961, 6.8563, 1.9794)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B1A #1A2051

analogous

#512F1A #514B1A #3B511A

triadic

#514B1A #1A514B #4B1A51

tetradic

#514B1A #1A512F #1A2051 #511A3B

square

#514B1A #1A512F #1A2051 #511A3B

split-complementary

#514B1A #1A3B51 #2F1A51

monochromatic

#171507 #23200B #514B1A #7F7629 #AEA138

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#514B1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#514B1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B1A

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B1A	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)

#524914

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574641

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.068 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847d59',
    500: '#514b1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b1a;
$custom-light: #847d59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40774,
    "c": 0.06847,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B1A

secondary

#404787

accent

#5CDB4D

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B1A

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

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