#514E1B#514E1B

#514E1B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.071 H 105.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514E1B
RGB	rgb(81, 78, 27)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 66.7%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.43, -6.23, 29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.43, 30.44, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(41.54% -0.0194 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(41.54% 0.071 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3158, 7.2774, 2.1087)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514E1B #1B1E51

analogous

#51331B #514E1B #39511B

triadic

#514E1B #1B514E #4E1B51

tetradic

#514E1B #1B5133 #1B1E51 #511B39

square

#514E1B #1B5133 #1B1E51 #511B39

split-complementary

#514E1B #1B3951 #331B51

monochromatic

#171608 #23220C #514E1B #7F7A2A #ADA63A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#514E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#514E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514E1B

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514E1B	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554B15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564D1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 78, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.071 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847f5a',
    500: '#514e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514e1b;
$custom-light: #847f5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41535,
    "c": 0.07088,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514E1B

secondary

#414587

accent

#56DA4E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #514E1B

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

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