#524B18#524B18

#524B18 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.070 H 101.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#524B18
RGB	rgb(82, 75, 24)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 70.7%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, -4.15, 30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 30.68, 97.78°)
OKLab	oklab(40.86% -0.014 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(40.86% 0.07 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1609, 6.8922, 1.8698)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#524B18 #181F52

analogous

#522E18 #524B18 #3C5218

triadic

#524B18 #18524B #4B1852

tetradic

#524B18 #18522E #181F52 #52183C

square

#524B18 #18522E #181F52 #52183C

split-complementary

#524B18 #183C52 #2E1852

monochromatic

#181607 #23200A #524B18 #817626 #B1A234

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#524B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#524B18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #524B18

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##524B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##524B18	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524912

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544C1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#594540

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #524b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 75, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.070 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857d58',
    500: '#524b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #524b18;
$custom-light: #857d58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#524b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40858,
    "c": 0.07031,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#524B18

secondary

#3D4689

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #524B18

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

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