#524E16#524E16

#524E16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.075 H 105.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#524E16
RGB	rgb(82, 78, 22)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 73.2%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.48, -6.10, 32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.48, 32.90, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(41.59% -0.0198 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(41.59% 0.075 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3491, 7.3008, 1.8336)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#524E16 #161A52

analogous

#523016 #524E16 #385216

triadic

#524E16 #16524E #4E1652

tetradic

#524E16 #165230 #161A52 #521638

square

#524E16 #165230 #161A52 #521638

split-complementary

#524E16 #163852 #301652

monochromatic

#181706 #222009 #524E16 #827C23 #B3AA30

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#524E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#524E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #524E16

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##524E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##524E16	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)

#554B0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574E1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#584843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #524e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 78, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.075 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857f57',
    500: '#524e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #524e16;
$custom-light: #857f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#524e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41585,
    "c": 0.07524,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#524E16

secondary

#3A4089

accent

#51E147

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #524E16

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

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