#524B16#524B16

#524B16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.072 H 101.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#524B16
RGB	rgb(82, 75, 22)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 73.2%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.54, -4.29, 31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.54, 31.65, 97.79°)
OKLab	oklab(40.84% -0.0146 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(40.84% 0.072 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.1408, 6.8842, 1.7642)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#524B16 #161D52

analogous

#522D16 #524B16 #3B5216

triadic

#524B16 #16524B #4B1652

tetradic

#524B16 #16522D #161D52 #52163B

square

#524B16 #16522D #161D52 #52163B

split-complementary

#524B16 #163B52 #2D1652

monochromatic

#181606 #221F09 #524B16 #827723 #B3A330

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#524B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#524B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #524B16

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##524B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##524B16	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)

#52490F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544C19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#594540

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #524b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 75, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.072 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857d56',
    500: '#524b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #524b16;
$custom-light: #857d56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#524b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40838,
    "c": 0.07206,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#524B16

secondary

#3A4489

accent

#59E147

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #524B16

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

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