Information about #51471B color

#51471B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#51471B falls into the Yellow Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(81, 71, 27) — 31.8% red, 27.8% green, 10.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 4 / 21 / 68. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #51471B reads as a pleasantly vivid sunny yellow and stays on the darker end of the scale. Expect to see shades like this in dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Kakadu (#554123). Slightly further away sit Bronze Olive (#584C25) and Lucy Green (#4B531E).

The recipe behind #51471B is rgb(81, 71, 27), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #51471B: 9.3:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:68) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. No one has named #51471B so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#51471B color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#51471B color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#51471B color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#51471B color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#51471B color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#51471B color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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#1B5047
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#471B50
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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#25501B
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#1B2550
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#1B502C
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Nearest named colors to #51471B

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Kakadu color link
Kakadu

#554123

Bronze Olive color link
Bronze Olive

#584C25

Lucy Green color link
Lucy Green

#4B531E

Army Green color link
Army Green

#4B5320

Bronzetone color link
Bronzetone

#4D400F

Dark Gamboge color link
Dark Gamboge

#594627

Rimutaka color link
Rimutaka

#4B3C23

Codium Fragile Seaweed color link
Codium Fragile Seaweed

#524B2A

Dark Amber color link
Dark Amber

#594D27

Madras color link
Madras

#473E23

Nightingale-brown color link
Nightingale-brown

#5C4827

Earthtone color link
Earthtone

#5D3A1A

#51471B color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#51471B
  • RGB81, 71, 27
  • CMYK0, 4, 21, 68
  • CSSrgb(81, 71, 27)
  • HSL49°, 50%, 21%
  • HSL Precise48.889°, 50%, 21.176%
  • HSV49°, 67%, 32%
  • HSB49°, 67%, 32%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.318
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.278
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.106
  • GLSLvec3(0.318, 0.278, 0.106)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.318, 0.278, 0.106, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.318, 0.278, 0.106)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB31.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB27.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB10.6%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID51471B
  • DECIMAL ID5326619
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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