#524E15#524E15

#524E15 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.076 H 105.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#524E15
RGB	rgb(82, 78, 21)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 74.4%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.47, -6.16, 32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.47, 33.35, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(41.58% -0.0201 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(41.58% 0.076 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3397, 7.2970, 1.7838)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#524E15 #151952

analogous

#523015 #524E15 #375215

triadic

#524E15 #15524E #4E1552

tetradic

#524E15 #155230 #151952 #521537

square

#524E15 #155230 #151952 #521537

split-complementary

#524E15 #153752 #301552

monochromatic

#181706 #212009 #524E15 #837C21 #B3AB2E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#524E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#524E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #524E15

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##524E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##524E15	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554B0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574E19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#594843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #524e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 78, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.076 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857f56',
    500: '#524e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #524e15;
$custom-light: #857f56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#524e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41576,
    "c": 0.07606,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#524E15

secondary

#393E8A

accent

#50E245

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #524E15

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

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