#524E36#524E36

#524E36 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.038 H 99.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#524E36
RGB	rgb(82, 78, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 21%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(51, 34%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 34.1%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.94, -2.67, 14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.94, 15.08, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.1% -0.0064 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(42.1% 0.038 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8700, 7.5091, 4.5768)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#524E36 #363A52

analogous

#524036 #524E36 #485236

triadic

#524E36 #36524E #4E3652

tetradic

#524E36 #365240 #363A52 #523648

square

#524E36 #365240 #363A52 #523648

split-complementary

#524E36 #364852 #403652

monochromatic

#12120C #2D2B1E #524E36 #77714E #9B9467

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#524E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#524E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #524E36

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##524E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##524E36	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564B48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #524e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 78, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.038 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837f6d',
    500: '#524e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #524e36;
$custom-light: #837f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#524e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 20.588,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42096,
    "c": 0.03765,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#524E36

secondary

#616682

accent

#76BD6B

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEB

border

#CAC9C6

text

#0A0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #524E36

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

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