#51501C#51501C

#51501C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.072 H 108.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51501C
RGB	rgb(81, 80, 28)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 65.4%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.07, -7.35, 29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.07, 30.87, 103.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.05% -0.0225 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(42.05% 0.072 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.4718, 7.5707, 2.2188)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51501C #1C1D51

analogous

#51361C #51501C #38511C

triadic

#51501C #1C5150 #501C51

tetradic

#51501C #1C5136 #1C1D51 #511C38

square

#51501C #1C5136 #1C1D51 #511C38

split-complementary

#51501C #1C3851 #361C51

monochromatic

#171608 #24230C #51501C #7E7D2C #ACAA3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#51501C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#51501C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51501C

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51501C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51501C	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#584F1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51501c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 80, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.072 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84805b',
    500: '#51501c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51501c;
$custom-light: #84805b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51501c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4205,
    "c": 0.0723,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51501C

secondary

#424487

accent

#52D850

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #51501C

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

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