#51540E#51540E

#51540E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.088 H 112.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51540E
RGB	rgb(81, 84, 14)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(63, 83%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 83.3%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.24, -10.57, 37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.24, 38.76, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.94% -0.0331 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(42.94% 0.088 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6432, 8.1218, 1.6331)
Luminance	0.0812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51540E #110E54

analogous

#54340E #51540E #2E540E

triadic

#51540E #0E5154 #540E51

tetradic

#51540E #0E5434 #110E54 #540E2E

square

#51540E #0E5434 #110E54 #540E2E

split-complementary

#51540E #0E2E54 #340E54

monochromatic

#191A04 #1E2005 #51540E #848817 #B6BD1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#51540E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#51540E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51540E

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51540E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51540E	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)

#5B5114

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51540e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 84, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.088 112.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51540e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.571,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42944,
    "c": 0.08798,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51540E

secondary

#342F8E

accent

#3AEE41

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE8

border

#CACAC4

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #51540E

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

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