#514B2B#514B2B

#514B2B is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.049 H 98.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B2B
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 31%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 46.9%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.71, -2.80, 19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.71, 20.13, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(41.03% -0.0076 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(41.03% 0.049 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3456, 6.9561, 3.2934)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B2B #2B3151

analogous

#51382B #514B2B #44512B

triadic

#514B2B #2B514B #4B2B51

tetradic

#514B2B #2B5138 #2B3151 #512B44

square

#514B2B #2B5138 #2B3151 #512B44

split-complementary

#514B2B #2B4451 #382B51

monochromatic

#14130B #292616 #514B2B #797040 #A19555

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#514B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#514B2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B2B

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B2B	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564743

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.049 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837d65',
    500: '#514b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b2b;
$custom-light: #837d65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 30.645,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4103,
    "c": 0.04901,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B2B

secondary

#555C83

accent

#71C761

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEB

border

#CAC9C6

text

#0A0905

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B2B

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

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