#514D17#514D17

#514D17 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.073 H 105.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514D17
RGB	rgb(81, 77, 23)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 71.6%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.08, -5.93, 31.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.08, 31.96, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(41.24% -0.0191 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(41.24% 0.073 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2021, 7.1192, 1.8579)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514D17 #171B51

analogous

#513017 #514D17 #385117

triadic

#514D17 #17514D #4D1751

tetradic

#514D17 #175130 #171B51 #511738

square

#514D17 #175130 #171B51 #511738

split-complementary

#514D17 #173851 #301751

monochromatic

#181707 #212009 #514D17 #817A25 #B0A832

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#514D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#514D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514D17

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514D17	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544A10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564D1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 77, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.073 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847e57',
    500: '#514d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514d17;
$custom-light: #847e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41242,
    "c": 0.0734,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514D17

secondary

#3C4188

accent

#53DF49

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #514D17

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

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