#524A15#524A15

#524A15 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.072 H 100.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#524A15
RGB	rgb(82, 74, 21)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 74.4%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.22, -3.75, 31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.22, 31.73, 96.78°)
OKLab	oklab(40.58% -0.0132 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(40.58% 0.072 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.0641, 6.7458, 1.6920)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#524A15 #151D52

analogous

#522B15 #524A15 #3B5215

triadic

#524A15 #15524A #4A1552

tetradic

#524A15 #15522B #151D52 #52153B

square

#524A15 #15522B #151D52 #52153B

split-complementary

#524A15 #153B52 #2B1552

monochromatic

#181606 #211E09 #524A15 #837621 #B3A22E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#524A15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#524A15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #524A15

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##524A15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##524A15	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52480E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59443F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #524a15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 74, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.072 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857c56',
    500: '#524a15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #524a15;
$custom-light: #857c56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#524a15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4058,
    "c": 0.07191,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#524A15

secondary

#39448A

accent

#5AE245

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #524A15

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

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