#514B21#514B21

#514B21 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.061 H 101.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B21
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 59.3%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, -3.89, 25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 25.88, 98.65°)
OKLab	oklab(40.87% -0.012 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(40.87% 0.061 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1841, 6.8915, 2.4430)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B21 #212751

analogous

#513321 #514B21 #3F5121

triadic

#514B21 #21514B #4B2151

tetradic

#514B21 #215133 #212751 #51213F

square

#514B21 #215133 #212751 #51213F

split-complementary

#514B21 #213F51 #332151

monochromatic

#161409 #26230F #514B21 #7C7333 #A89C44

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#514B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#514B21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B21

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B21	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52491D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534B23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574641

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.061 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837d5e',
    500: '#514b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b21;
$custom-light: #837d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40865,
    "c": 0.06119,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B21

secondary

#495085

accent

#65D256

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B21

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

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