#524E38#524E38

#524E38 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.035 H 99.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#524E38
RGB	rgb(82, 78, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 19%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(51, 32%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 31.7%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.98, -2.36, 13.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.98, 13.86, 99.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.14% -0.0054 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(42.14% 0.035 99)
XYZ	xyz(6.9179, 7.5283, 4.8293)
Luminance	0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#524E38 #383C52

analogous

#524138 #524E38 #495238

triadic

#524E38 #38524E #4E3852

tetradic

#524E38 #385241 #383C52 #523849

square

#524E38 #385241 #383C52 #523849

split-complementary

#524E38 #384952 #413852

monochromatic

#12110C #2E2B1F #524E38 #767151 #9A926B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#524E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#524E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #524E38

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##524E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##524E38	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564B48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #524e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 78, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.035 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837f6e',
    500: '#524e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #524e38;
$custom-light: #837f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#524e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 18.841,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42142,
    "c": 0.03476,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.07528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#524E38

secondary

#646882

accent

#78BB6C

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEC

border

#CAC9C7

text

#0A0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #524E38

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

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