#51541B#51541B

#51541B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.078 H 112.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51541B
RGB	rgb(81, 84, 27)
HSL	hsl(63, 51%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 67.9%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.33, -9.78, 31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.33, 33.31, 107.07°)
OKLab	oklab(43.05% -0.0294 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(43.05% 0.078 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7617, 8.1693, 2.2573)
Luminance	0.0817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51541B #1E1B54

analogous

#543B1B #51541B #35541B

triadic

#51541B #1B5154 #541B51

tetradic

#51541B #1B543B #1E1B54 #541B35

square

#51541B #1B543B #1E1B54 #541B35

split-complementary

#51541B #1B3554 #3B1B54

monochromatic

#161707 #24260C #51541B #7E822A #AAB139

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#51541B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#51541B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51541B

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51541B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51541B	1.00	7.97	2.63	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51541b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 84, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.078 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84845a',
    500: '#51541b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51541b;
$custom-light: #84845a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51541b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43053,
    "c": 0.07824,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51541B

secondary

#45418A

accent

#4DDB54

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #51541B

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

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