#514B26#514B26

#514B26 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.055 H 100.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B26
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 38)
HSL	hsl(52, 36%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 53.1%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.63, -3.38, 22.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.63, 23.06, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(40.94% -0.0098 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(40.94% 0.055 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.2594, 6.9216, 2.8396)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B26 #262C51

analogous

#513526 #514B26 #415126

triadic

#514B26 #26514B #4B2651

tetradic

#514B26 #265135 #262C51 #512641

square

#514B26 #265135 #262C51 #512641

split-complementary

#514B26 #264151 #352651

monochromatic

#15130A #272412 #514B26 #7B723A #A4984D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#514B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#514B26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B26

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B26	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574642

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.055 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837d61',
    500: '#514b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b26;
$custom-light: #837d61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 36.134,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40942,
    "c": 0.05533,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B26

secondary

#4F5684

accent

#6BCC5C

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEEA

border

#CAC9C6

text

#0B0905

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B26

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

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