#514C12#514C12

#514C12 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.076 H 104.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514C12
RGB	rgb(81, 76, 18)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 77.8%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.72, -5.65, 33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.72, 33.81, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(40.95% -0.0189 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(40.95% 0.076 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0872, 6.9621, 1.5953)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514C12 #121751

analogous

#512D12 #514C12 #375112

triadic

#514C12 #12514C #4C1251

tetradic

#514C12 #12512D #121751 #511237

square

#514C12 #12512D #121751 #511237

split-complementary

#514C12 #123751 #2D1251

monochromatic

#191706 #1F1D07 #514C12 #837B1D #B5AA28

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#514C12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#514C12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514C12

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514C12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514C12	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534908

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#584641

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 76, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.076 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847d54',
    500: '#514c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514c12;
$custom-light: #847d54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40945,
    "c": 0.07635,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514C12

secondary

#353C8A

accent

#4EE741

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #514C12

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

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