#514B2A#514B2A

#514B2A is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.050 H 99.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B2A
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 32%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 48.1%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.69, -2.92, 20.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.69, 20.72, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(41.01% -0.0081 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(41.01% 0.05 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3275, 6.9489, 3.1980)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B2A #2A3051

analogous

#51382A #514B2A #44512A

triadic

#514B2A #2A514B #4B2A51

tetradic

#514B2A #2A5138 #2A3051 #512A44

square

#514B2A #2A5138 #2A3051 #512A44

split-complementary

#514B2A #2A4451 #382A51

monochromatic

#14130A #292615 #514B2A #79703F #A29654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#514B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#514B2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B2A

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B2A	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564743

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.050 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837d64',
    500: '#514b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b2a;
$custom-light: #837d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 31.707,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41012,
    "c": 0.05031,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B2A

secondary

#545B83

accent

#70C860

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEB

border

#CAC9C6

text

#0B0905

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B2A

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

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