#514B27#514B27

#514B27 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.054 H 100.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B27
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 39)
HSL	hsl(51, 35%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 51.9%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.64, -3.27, 22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.64, 22.48, 98.36°)
OKLab	oklab(40.96% -0.0094 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(40.96% 0.054 100)
XYZ	xyz(6.2758, 6.9282, 2.9258)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B27 #272D51

analogous

#513627 #514B27 #425127

triadic

#514B27 #27514B #4B2751

tetradic

#514B27 #275136 #272D51 #512742

square

#514B27 #275136 #272D51 #512742

split-complementary

#514B27 #274251 #362751

monochromatic

#15130A #282513 #514B27 #7A713B #A4974F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#514B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#514B27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B27

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B27	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574642

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.054 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837d62',
    500: '#514b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b27;
$custom-light: #837d62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40959,
    "c": 0.0541,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.06928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B27

secondary

#505784

accent

#6DCB5D

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEEA

border

#CAC9C6

text

#0B0905

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B27

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

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