#52420B#52420B

#52420B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.072 H 91.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52420B
RGB	rgb(82, 66, 11)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(46, 87%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 86.6%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.68, 0.67, 33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.68, 33.41, 88.85°)
OKLab	oklab(38.55% -0.0019 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(38.55% 0.072 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.4886, 5.7148, 1.1305)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52420B #0B1B52

analogous

#521E0B #52420B #3E520B

triadic

#52420B #0B5242 #420B52

tetradic

#52420B #0B521E #0B1B52 #520B3E

square

#52420B #0B521E #0B1B52 #520B3E

split-complementary

#52420B #0B3E52 #1E0B52

monochromatic

#1B1604 #1C1704 #52420B #886D12 #BE9919

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#52420B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#52420B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52420B

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52420B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52420B	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4102

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E460F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A3C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52420b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 66, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.072 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86764f',
    500: '#52420b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52420b;
$custom-light: #86764f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52420b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.479,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38547,
    "c": 0.07249,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52420B

secondary

#2B418E

accent

#60F335

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EDE7

border

#CBC8C3

text

#0C0802

muted

#7D7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #52420B

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

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