#52503E#52503E

#52503E is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.029 H 102.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52503E
RGB	rgb(82, 80, 62)
HSL	hsl(54, 14%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(54, 24%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 24.4%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.73, -2.62, 10.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.73, 11.25, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(42.78% -0.006 0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(42.78% 0.029 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2178, 7.8791, 5.6971)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52503E #3E4052

analogous

#52463E #52503E #4A523E

triadic

#52503E #3E5250 #503E52

tetradic

#52503E #3E5246 #3E4052 #523E4A

square

#52503E #3E5246 #3E4052 #523E4A

split-complementary

#52503E #3E4A52 #463E52

monochromatic

#11110D #2F2E24 #52503E #757258 #969374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#52503E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#52503E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52503E

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52503E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52503E	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54503F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#554D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52503e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 80, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.029 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828173',
    500: '#52503e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52503e;
$custom-light: #828173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52503e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 13.889,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42778,
    "c": 0.02851,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52503E

secondary

#6A6D81

accent

#78B771

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEC

border

#CAC9C7

text

#0A0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #52503E

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

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