#514B2E#514B2E

#514B2E is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.045 H 97.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B2E
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 28%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(50, 43%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 43.2%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.76, -2.41, 18.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.76, 18.35, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(41.09% -0.0062 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(41.09% 0.045 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4027, 6.9789, 3.5940)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B2E #2E3451

analogous

#51392E #514B2E #46512E

triadic

#514B2E #2E514B #4B2E51

tetradic

#514B2E #2E5139 #2E3451 #512E46

square

#514B2E #2E5139 #2E3451 #512E46

split-complementary

#514B2E #2E4651 #392E51

monochromatic

#14120B #2A2718 #514B2E #786F44 #9F935A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#514B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#514B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B2E

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B2E	1.00	8.77	2.40	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50492C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564744

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.045 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827d67',
    500: '#514b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b2e;
$custom-light: #827d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 27.559,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41089,
    "c": 0.04504,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B2E

secondary

#586083

accent

#74C464

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEB

border

#CAC9C6

text

#0A0906

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B2E

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

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