#52491A#52491A

#52491A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.066 H 98.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52491A
RGB	rgb(82, 73, 26)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 68.3%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.96, -2.78, 28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.96, 28.87, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.39% -0.0098 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(40.39% 0.066 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.0489, 6.6338, 1.9389)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52491A #1A2352

analogous

#522D1A #52491A #3F521A

triadic

#52491A #1A5249 #491A52

tetradic

#52491A #1A522D #1A2352 #521A3F

square

#52491A #1A522D #1A2352 #521A3F

split-complementary

#52491A #1A3F52 #2D1A52

monochromatic

#171507 #24200B #52491A #807229 #AF9C37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#52491A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#52491A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52491A

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52491A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52491A	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59433F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52491a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 73, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.066 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857b59',
    500: '#52491a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52491a;
$custom-light: #857b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52491a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.357,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40387,
    "c": 0.06645,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52491A

secondary

#404B88

accent

#63DB4C

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #52491A

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

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