#514E17#514E17

#514E17 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.075 H 106.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514E17
RGB	rgb(81, 78, 23)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 71.6%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.39, -6.53, 31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.39, 32.39, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(41.49% -0.0208 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(41.49% 0.075 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2726, 7.2602, 1.8814)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514E17 #171A51

analogous

#513117 #514E17 #375117

triadic

#514E17 #17514E #4E1751

tetradic

#514E17 #175131 #171A51 #511737

square

#514E17 #175131 #171A51 #511737

split-complementary

#514E17 #173751 #311751

monochromatic

#181707 #212009 #514E17 #817C25 #B0AA32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#514E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#514E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514E17

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514E17	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554B10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564D1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 78, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.075 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847f57',
    500: '#514e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514e17;
$custom-light: #847f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.897,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41493,
    "c": 0.07452,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514E17

secondary

#3C4088

accent

#50DF49

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #514E17

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

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