#514B36#514B36

#514B36 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.034 H 94.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B36
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 20%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(47, 33%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 33.3%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.92, -1.28, 13.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.92, 13.51, 95.43°)
OKLab	oklab(41.26% -0.0024 0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(41.26% 0.034 94)
XYZ	xyz(6.5753, 7.0480, 4.5033)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B36 #363C51

analogous

#513E36 #514B36 #4A5136

triadic

#514B36 #36514B #4B3651

tetradic

#514B36 #36513E #363C51 #51364A

square

#514B36 #36513E #363C51 #51364A

split-complementary

#514B36 #364A51 #3E3651

monochromatic

#12110C #2C291E #514B36 #766D4E #9A8F67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#514B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#514B36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B36

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B36	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)

#4F4A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#554845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.034 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827d6d',
    500: '#514b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b36;
$custom-light: #827d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41264,
    "c": 0.03388,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.07048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B36

secondary

#626981

accent

#7DBD6B

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEB

border

#CAC9C6

text

#0A0907

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B36

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

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