#514C15#514C15

#514C15 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.074 H 104.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514C15
RGB	rgb(81, 76, 21)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 74.1%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.74, -5.46, 32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.74, 32.47, 99.68°)
OKLab	oklab(40.97% -0.018 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(40.97% 0.074 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1134, 6.9726, 1.7331)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514C15 #151A51

analogous

#512E15 #514C15 #385115

triadic

#514C15 #15514C #4C1551

tetradic

#514C15 #15512E #151A51 #511538

square

#514C15 #15512E #151A51 #511538

split-complementary

#514C15 #153851 #2E1551

monochromatic

#181706 #201E08 #514C15 #827A22 #B2A72E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#514C15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#514C15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514C15

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514C15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514C15	1.00	8.77	2.39	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53490D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574641

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514c15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 76, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.074 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847d56',
    500: '#514c15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514c15;
$custom-light: #847d56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514c15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40972,
    "c": 0.074,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514C15

secondary

#394089

accent

#53E246

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #514C15

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

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