#524D15#524D15

#524D15 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.075 H 104.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#524D15
RGB	rgb(82, 77, 21)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 74.4%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.16, -5.56, 32.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.16, 32.94, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(41.33% -0.0184 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(41.33% 0.075 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2692, 7.1560, 1.7603)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#524D15 #151A52

analogous

#522E15 #524D15 #385215

triadic

#524D15 #15524D #4D1552

tetradic

#524D15 #15522E #151A52 #521538

square

#524D15 #15522E #151A52 #521538

split-complementary

#524D15 #153852 #2E1552

monochromatic

#181706 #211F09 #524D15 #837B21 #B3A92E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#524D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#524D15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #524D15

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##524D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##524D15	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544A0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564D19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#594742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #524d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 77, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.075 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857e56',
    500: '#524d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #524d15;
$custom-light: #857e56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#524d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41326,
    "c": 0.07498,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#524D15

secondary

#39408A

accent

#52E245

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #524D15

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

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