#514B31#514B31

#514B31 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.041 H 96.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B31
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 25%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(49, 40%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 39.5%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.81, -2.01, 16.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.81, 16.54, 96.97°)
OKLab	oklab(41.15% -0.0048 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(41.15% 0.041 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.4639, 7.0034, 3.9164)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B31 #313751

analogous

#513B31 #514B31 #475131

triadic

#514B31 #31514B #4B3151

tetradic

#514B31 #31513B #313751 #513147

square

#514B31 #31513B #313751 #513147

split-complementary

#514B31 #314751 #3B3151

monochromatic

#13120C #2B281A #514B31 #776E48 #9D925F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#514B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#514B31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B31

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B31	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564744

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.041 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827d69',
    500: '#514b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b31;
$custom-light: #827d69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 24.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41151,
    "c": 0.04093,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B31

secondary

#5C6382

accent

#78C167

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEB

border

#CAC9C6

text

#0A0906

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B31

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

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