#514C17#514C17

#514C17 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.072 H 103.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514C17
RGB	rgb(81, 76, 23)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 71.6%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.76, -5.33, 31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.76, 31.53, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(40.99% -0.0174 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(40.99% 0.072 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.1327, 6.9803, 1.8347)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514C17 #171C51

analogous

#512F17 #514C17 #395117

triadic

#514C17 #17514C #4C1751

tetradic

#514C17 #17512F #171C51 #511739

square

#514C17 #17512F #171C51 #511739

split-complementary

#514C17 #173951 #2F1751

monochromatic

#181607 #211F09 #514C17 #817925 #B0A532

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#514C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#514C17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514C17

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514C17	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534910

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574641

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 76, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.072 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847d57',
    500: '#514c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514c17;
$custom-light: #847d57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40991,
    "c": 0.0723,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514C17

secondary

#3C4288

accent

#56DF49

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #514C17

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

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