#524B15#524B15

#524B15 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.073 H 101.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#524B15
RGB	rgb(82, 75, 21)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 74.4%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.53, -4.36, 31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.53, 32.12, 97.79°)
OKLab	oklab(40.83% -0.015 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(40.83% 0.073 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.1314, 6.8804, 1.7144)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#524B15 #151C52

analogous

#522D15 #524B15 #3A5215

triadic

#524B15 #15524B #4B1552

tetradic

#524B15 #15522D #151C52 #52153A

square

#524B15 #15522D #151C52 #52153A

split-complementary

#524B15 #153A52 #2D1552

monochromatic

#181606 #211E09 #524B15 #837821 #B3A42E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#524B15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#524B15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #524B15

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##524B15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##524B15	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52490D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554B18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#594540

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #524b15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 75, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.073 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857d56',
    500: '#524b15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #524b15;
$custom-light: #857d56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#524b15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.115,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40828,
    "c": 0.0729,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#524B15

secondary

#39428A

accent

#57E245

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #524B15

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

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