#51540D#51540D

#51540D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.089 H 112.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51540D
RGB	rgb(81, 84, 13)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(63, 85%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 84.5%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.23, -10.62, 37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.23, 39.10, 105.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.94% -0.0333 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(42.94% 0.089 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6365, 8.1192, 1.5983)
Luminance	0.0812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51540D #100D54

analogous

#54340D #51540D #2E540D

triadic

#51540D #0D5154 #540D51

tetradic

#51540D #0D5434 #100D54 #540D2E

square

#51540D #0D5434 #100D54 #540D2E

split-complementary

#51540D #0D2E54 #340D54

monochromatic

#1A1A04 #1E1F05 #51540D #848915 #B7BE1D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#51540D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#51540D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51540D

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51540D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51540D	1.00	8.00	2.62	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5113

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51540d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 84, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.089 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#858353',
    500: '#51540d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51540d;
$custom-light: #858353;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51540d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.535,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42938,
    "c": 0.08855,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51540D

secondary

#322E8F

accent

#38F040

background

#F8F8F4

surface

#EFEFE8

border

#CACAC4

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #51540D

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

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