#51542E#51542E

#51542E is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.057 H 112.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51542E
RGB	rgb(81, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(65, 29%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(65, 45%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 45.2%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.57, -7.84, 21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.57, 23.14, 109.81°)
OKLab	oklab(43.32% -0.0218 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(43.32% 0.057 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0569, 8.2873, 3.8121)
Luminance	0.0829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51542E #312E54

analogous

#54442E #51542E #3E542E

triadic

#51542E #2E5154 #542E51

tetradic

#51542E #2E5444 #312E54 #542E3E

square

#51542E #2E5444 #312E54 #542E3E

split-complementary

#51542E #2E3E54 #442E54

monochromatic

#13140B #2B2C18 #51542E #777C44 #9DA359

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#51542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#51542E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51542E

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51542E	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59512B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55504B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.057 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#838467',
    500: '#51542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51542e;
$custom-light: #838467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.737,
    "s": 29.231,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43324,
    "c": 0.05709,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51542E

secondary

#5C5886

accent

#62C56A

background

#F8F8F6

surface

#EFEFEB

border

#CACAC6

text

#0A0A06

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #51542E

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

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