#51520D#51520D

#51520D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.086 H 110.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51520D
RGB	rgb(81, 82, 13)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(61, 84%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 84.1%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.59, -9.46, 37.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.59, 38.25, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(42.43% -0.0301 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(42.43% 0.086 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.4835, 7.8132, 1.5473)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51520D #0E0D52

analogous

#52300D #51520D #2E520D

triadic

#51520D #0D5152 #520D51

tetradic

#51520D #0D5230 #0E0D52 #520D2E

square

#51520D #0D5230 #0E0D52 #520D2E

split-complementary

#51520D #0D2E52 #300D52

monochromatic

#1A1A04 #1D1D05 #51520D #858715 #B9BC1E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#51520D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#51520D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51520D

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51520D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51520D	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5013

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51520d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 82, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.086 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#858253',
    500: '#51520d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51520d;
$custom-light: #858253;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51520d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.87,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42427,
    "c": 0.08624,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51520D

secondary

#2F2E8D

accent

#38EF3B

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEEE7

border

#CAC9C3

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #51520D

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

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