#51501A#51501A

#51501A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.074 H 108.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51501A
RGB	rgb(81, 80, 26)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 67.9%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.05, -7.50, 30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.05, 31.86, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(42.03% -0.0232 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(42.03% 0.074 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4487, 7.5614, 2.0969)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51501A #1A1B51

analogous

#51341A #51501A #36511A

triadic

#51501A #1A5150 #501A51

tetradic

#51501A #1A5134 #1A1B51 #511A36

square

#51501A #1A5134 #1A1B51 #511A36

split-complementary

#51501A #1A3651 #341A51

monochromatic

#171707 #23220B #51501A #7F7E29 #AEAC38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#51501A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#51501A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51501A

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51501A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51501A	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#584F1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51501a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 80, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.074 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848059',
    500: '#51501a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51501a;
$custom-light: #848059;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51501a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.909,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42028,
    "c": 0.07419,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51501A

secondary

#404187

accent

#50DB4D

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #51501A

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

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