#514B06

sRGB · 81 / 75 / 6

#514B06 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 81 red, 75 green and 6 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 55.2° lands in the yellow region. Its 86.2% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 17.1% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (8.90:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 81, 75, 6
HSL: 55.20°, 86.21%, 17.06%
HSV / HSB: 55.20°, 92.59%, 31.76%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 7.41%, 92.59%, 68.24%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 5.942, 6.795, 1.171
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 31.335, -5.585, 37.471
WCAG relative luminance: 0.06795
24-bit decimal: 5327622

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #514B06 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 2.36:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 8.90:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#060C51 sits half a turn (180°) from #514B06 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#514B06 #060C51

Analogous

#512606 and #315106 sit 30° to either side of #514B06. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#512606 #514B06 #315106

Triadic

#514B06, #06514B and #4B0651 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#514B06 #06514B #4B0651

Split complementary

Start at #514B06 and look across the wheel. #063151 and #260651 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#514B06 #063151 #260651

Square

Starting with #514B06, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #065126, #060C51, then #510631. Across the square, #514B06 pairs with #060C51, and #065126 with #510631.

#514B06 #065126 #060C51 #510631

Tetradic

#514B06 and #060C51 are opposites, as are #0C5106 and #4B0651. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#514B06 #0C5106 #060C51 #4B0651

Tints

Mixing #514B06 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #746F38, keeps 80% of the original. By #DCDBCD, the mixture is 80% white.

#514B06 #746F38 #97936A #B9B79B #DCDBCD #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #514B06 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #413C05, keeps 80% of the original. By #100F01, the mixture is 80% black.

#514B06 #413C05 #312D04 #201E02 #100F01 #000000

Tones

Mixing #514B06 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #5A561E, keeps 80% of the original. By #777568, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#514B06 #5A561E #646037 #6D6B4F #777568 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#514B06

RGB

rgb(81 75 6)

HSL

hsl(55.200 86.207% 17.059%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #514B06;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#514B06 uses 81 red, 75 green and 6 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 31.8%

Green 29.4%

Blue 2.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #514B06 is 0.0% cyan, 7.4% magenta, 92.6% yellow and 68.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 7.4%

Yellow 92.6%

Black 68.2%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #554400. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #540 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #514B06 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #663300, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #554400 Nearest web-safe · #663300

Gradient to complement

#514B06 #454113 #38361F #2C2C2C #1F2138 #131745 #060C51

Color vision previews

Compare how #514B06 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#534800

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#554B0C

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#58453F

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#524900

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#534B09

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#534926

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#4A4A4A

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#4D4A34

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.08228 G 0.07036 B 0.00182

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.31362 G 0.29493 B 0.08726

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.08017 G 0.07076 B 0.00816

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.427 y 0.489 Y 6.795

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 68.235 M % 70.588 Y % 97.647

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01010001 01001011 00000110