#525038#525038

#525038 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.037 H 103.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#525038
RGB	rgb(82, 80, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 19%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(55, 32%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 31.7%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.60, -3.58, 14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.60, 14.92, 103.90°)
OKLab	oklab(42.63% -0.0089 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(42.63% 0.037 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0622, 7.8168, 4.8774)
Luminance	0.0782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#525038 #383A52

analogous

#524338 #525038 #475238

triadic

#525038 #385250 #503852

tetradic

#525038 #385243 #383A52 #523847

square

#525038 #385243 #383A52 #523847

split-complementary

#525038 #384752 #433852

monochromatic

#12120C #2E2D1F #525038 #767351 #9A966B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#525038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#525038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #525038

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##525038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##525038	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #525038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 80, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.037 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83816e',
    500: '#525038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #525038;
$custom-light: #83816e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#525038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 18.841,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42631,
    "c": 0.03741,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#525038

secondary

#646682

accent

#72BB6C

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEC

border

#CAC9C7

text

#0A0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #525038

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

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