#514B28#514B28

#514B28 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.053 H 99.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B28
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 40)
HSL	hsl(51, 34%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 50.6%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.66, -3.15, 21.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.66, 21.90, 98.28°)
OKLab	oklab(40.98% -0.009 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(40.98% 0.053 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2926, 6.9349, 3.0142)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B28 #282E51

analogous

#513628 #514B28 #425128

triadic

#514B28 #28514B #4B2851

tetradic

#514B28 #285136 #282E51 #512842

square

#514B28 #285136 #282E51 #512842

split-complementary

#514B28 #284251 #362851

monochromatic

#14130A #282514 #514B28 #7A713C #A39750

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#514B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#514B28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B28

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B28	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)

#514925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564743

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.053 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837d62',
    500: '#514b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b28;
$custom-light: #837d62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 33.884,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40976,
    "c": 0.05286,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B28

secondary

#515984

accent

#6ECA5E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEEA

border

#CAC9C6

text

#0B0905

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B28

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

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