#514B35#514B35

#514B35 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.035 H 94.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B35
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 21%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(47, 35%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 34.6%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.89, -1.43, 14.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.89, 14.12, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(41.24% -0.0029 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(41.24% 0.035 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.5521, 7.0387, 4.3809)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B35 #353B51

analogous

#513D35 #514B35 #495135

triadic

#514B35 #35514B #4B3551

tetradic

#514B35 #35513D #353B51 #513549

square

#514B35 #35513D #353B51 #513549

split-complementary

#514B35 #354951 #3D3551

monochromatic

#12110C #2C291D #514B35 #766D4D #9B8F66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#514B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#514B35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B35

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B35	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#554845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.035 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827d6c',
    500: '#514b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b35;
$custom-light: #827d6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 20.896,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4124,
    "c": 0.03531,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B35

secondary

#606781

accent

#7CBD6A

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEB

border

#CAC9C6

text

#0A0907

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B35

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

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