#514B1F#514B1F

#514B1F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.063 H 101.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B1F
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 31)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 61.7%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.53, -4.08, 26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.53, 26.98, 98.70°)
OKLab	oklab(40.84% -0.0128 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(40.84% 0.063 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.1569, 6.8806, 2.2998)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B1F #1F2551

analogous

#51321F #514B1F #3E511F

triadic

#514B1F #1F514B #4B1F51

tetradic

#514B1F #1F5132 #1F2551 #511F3E

square

#514B1F #1F5132 #1F2551 #511F3E

split-complementary

#514B1F #1F3E51 #321F51

monochromatic

#161408 #25220E #514B1F #7D7430 #AA9D41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#514B1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#514B1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B1F

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B1F	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52491B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574641

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.063 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837d5c',
    500: '#514b1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b1f;
$custom-light: #837d5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 44.643,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40837,
    "c": 0.06338,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B1F

secondary

#464E86

accent

#63D453

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B1F

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

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