#514B42#514B42

#514B42 is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.017 H 78.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B42
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 10%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(36, 19%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 18.5%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.20, 0.74, 6.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.20, 6.31, 83.27°)
OKLab	oklab(41.58% 0.0034 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(41.58% 0.017 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8927, 7.1750, 6.1750)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B42 #424851

analogous

#514442 #514B42 #505142

triadic

#514B42 #42514B #4B4251

tetradic

#514B42 #425144 #424851 #514250

square

#514B42 #425144 #424851 #514250

split-complementary

#514B42 #425051 #444251

monochromatic

#11100E #2F2C27 #514B42 #736A5D #93897A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#514B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#514B42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B42

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B42	1.00	8.62	2.43	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.017 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827d76',
    500: '#514b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b42;
$custom-light: #827d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41583,
    "c": 0.01662,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B42

secondary

#6F7680

accent

#8EB375

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B42

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

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