#52491C#52491C

#52491C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.064 H 98.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52491C
RGB	rgb(82, 73, 28)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 65.9%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.98, -2.62, 27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.98, 27.82, 95.40°)
OKLab	oklab(40.41% -0.0091 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(40.41% 0.064 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.0721, 6.6430, 2.0608)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52491C #1C2552

analogous

#522E1C #52491C #40521C

triadic

#52491C #1C5249 #491C52

tetradic

#52491C #1C522E #1C2552 #521C40

square

#52491C #1C522E #1C2552 #521C40

split-complementary

#52491C #1C4052 #2E1C52

monochromatic

#171408 #24200C #52491C #80722C #AD9A3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#52491C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#52491C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52491C

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52491C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52491C	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)

#504717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59443F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52491c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 73, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.064 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847b5a',
    500: '#52491c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52491c;
$custom-light: #847b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52491c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40412,
    "c": 0.06448,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52491C

secondary

#424E88

accent

#66D94F

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #52491C

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

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