#52503C#52503C

#52503C is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.032 H 102.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52503C
RGB	rgb(82, 80, 60)
HSL	hsl(55, 15%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(55, 27%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 26.8%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.68, -2.95, 12.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.68, 12.47, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(42.73% -0.007 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(42.73% 0.032 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1639, 7.8575, 5.4134)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52503C #3C3E52

analogous

#52453C #52503C #49523C

triadic

#52503C #3C5250 #503C52

tetradic

#52503C #3C5245 #3C3E52 #523C49

square

#52503C #3C5245 #3C3E52 #523C49

split-complementary

#52503C #3C4952 #453C52

monochromatic

#12110D #2F2E22 #52503C #757256 #979471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#52503C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#52503C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52503C

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52503C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52503C	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54503D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#554D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52503c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 80, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.032 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#838171',
    500: '#52503c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52503c;
$custom-light: #838171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52503c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 15.493,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42727,
    "c": 0.03151,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52503C

secondary

#686B82

accent

#76B870

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEC

border

#CAC9C7

text

#0A0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #52503C

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

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