#514D22#514D22

#514D22 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.062 H 104.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514D22
RGB	rgb(81, 77, 34)
HSL	hsl(55, 41%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 58%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.20, -5.01, 25.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.20, 26.26, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(41.38% -0.015 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(41.38% 0.062 104)
XYZ	xyz(6.3361, 7.1728, 2.5638)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514D22 #222651

analogous

#513622 #514D22 #3D5122

triadic

#514D22 #22514D #4D2251

tetradic

#514D22 #225136 #222651 #51223D

square

#514D22 #225136 #222651 #51223D

split-complementary

#514D22 #223D51 #362251

monochromatic

#161409 #262410 #514D22 #7C7634 #A79F46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#514D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#514D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514D22

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514D22	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554D24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 77, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.062 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837e5e',
    500: '#514d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514d22;
$custom-light: #837e5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41376,
    "c": 0.06237,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.07173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514D22

secondary

#4A4F85

accent

#61D157

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #514D22

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

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