#514B38#514B38

#514B38 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.031 H 92.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B38
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 18%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(46, 31%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 30.9%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.96, -0.97, 12.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.96, 12.29, 94.51°)
OKLab	oklab(41.31% -0.0014 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(41.31% 0.031 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6233, 7.0672, 4.7558)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B38 #383E51

analogous

#513F38 #514B38 #4B5138

triadic

#514B38 #38514B #4B3851

tetradic

#514B38 #38513F #383E51 #51384B

square

#514B38 #38513F #383E51 #51384B

split-complementary

#514B38 #384B51 #3F3851

monochromatic

#12110D #2D291F #514B38 #756D51 #998E6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#514B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#514B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B38

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B38	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#554846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.031 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827d6e',
    500: '#514b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b38;
$custom-light: #827d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 18.248,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41312,
    "c": 0.031,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B38

secondary

#646B81

accent

#80BB6D

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEC

border

#C9C9C7

text

#0A0907

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B38

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

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