#51512E#51512E

#51512E is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.053 H 108.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51512E
RGB	rgb(81, 81, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 28%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(60, 43%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 43.2%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.63, -6.06, 20.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.63, 21.45, 106.41°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% -0.0167 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.053 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.8290, 7.8316, 3.7361)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51512E #2E2E51

analogous

#51402E #51512E #40512E

triadic

#51512E #2E5151 #512E51

tetradic

#51512E #2E5140 #2E2E51 #512E40

square

#51512E #2E5140 #2E2E51 #512E40

split-complementary

#51512E #2E4051 #402E51

monochromatic

#14140B #2A2A18 #51512E #787844 #9F9F5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#51512E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#51512E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51512E

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51512E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51512E	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564D48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51512e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 81, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.053 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828167',
    500: '#51512e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51512e;
$custom-light: #828167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51512e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 27.559,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42572,
    "c": 0.05277,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51512E

secondary

#585883

accent

#64C464

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEB

border

#CAC9C6

text

#0A0A06

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #51512E

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

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