#514E1E#514E1E

#514E1E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.068 H 105.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514E1E
RGB	rgb(81, 78, 30)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 63%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.46, -5.98, 28.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.46, 28.89, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(41.57% -0.0183 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(41.57% 0.068 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.3523, 7.2920, 2.3009)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514E1E #1E2151

analogous

#51351E #514E1E #3B511E

triadic

#514E1E #1E514E #4E1E51

tetradic

#514E1E #1E5135 #1E2151 #511E3B

square

#514E1E #1E5135 #1E2151 #511E3B

split-complementary

#514E1E #1E3B51 #351E51

monochromatic

#161608 #24230D #514E1E #7E792F #AAA43F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#514E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#514E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514E1E

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514E1E	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564D21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574944

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 78, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.068 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837f5c',
    500: '#514e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514e1e;
$custom-light: #837f5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41572,
    "c": 0.06788,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514E1E

secondary

#454986

accent

#5AD652

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #514E1E

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

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