#52491B#52491B

#52491B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.065 H 98.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52491B
RGB	rgb(82, 73, 27)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 67.1%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.97, -2.70, 28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.97, 28.35, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(40.4% -0.0094 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(40.4% 0.065 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0603, 6.6383, 1.9988)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52491B #1B2452

analogous

#522E1B #52491B #40521B

triadic

#52491B #1B5249 #491B52

tetradic

#52491B #1B522E #1B2452 #521B40

square

#52491B #1B522E #1B2452 #521B40

split-complementary

#52491B #1B4052 #2E1B52

monochromatic

#171408 #24200C #52491B #80722A #AE9B39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#52491B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#52491B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52491B

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52491B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52491B	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59443F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52491b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 73, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.065 98.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52491b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.182,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40399,
    "c": 0.06547,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52491B

secondary

#414D88

accent

#65DA4E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #52491B

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

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