#524D16#524D16

#524D16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.074 H 104.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#524D16
RGB	rgb(82, 77, 22)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 73.2%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.17, -5.50, 32.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.17, 32.47, 99.75°)
OKLab	oklab(41.34% -0.0181 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(41.34% 0.074 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2786, 7.1598, 1.8101)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#524D16 #161B52

analogous

#522F16 #524D16 #395216

triadic

#524D16 #16524D #4D1652

tetradic

#524D16 #16522F #161B52 #521639

square

#524D16 #16522F #161B52 #521639

split-complementary

#524D16 #163952 #2F1652

monochromatic

#181706 #222009 #524D16 #827A23 #B3A830

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#524D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#524D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #524D16

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##524D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##524D16	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544A0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564D19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#594742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #524d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 77, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.074 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857e57',
    500: '#524d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #524d16;
$custom-light: #857e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#524d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41335,
    "c": 0.07416,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#524D16

secondary

#3A4189

accent

#54E147

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #524D16

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

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