#525217#525217

#525217 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.079 H 109.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#525217
RGB	rgb(82, 82, 23)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.75, -8.41, 33.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.75, 34.21, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(42.6% -0.0261 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(42.6% 0.079 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6518, 7.8905, 1.9831)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#525217 #171752

analogous

#523417 #525217 #345217

triadic

#525217 #175252 #521752

tetradic

#525217 #175234 #171752 #521734

square

#525217 #175234 #171752 #521734

split-complementary

#525217 #173452 #341752

monochromatic

#181807 #22220A #525217 #828224 #B2B232

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#525217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#525217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #525217

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##525217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##525217	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)

#594E0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A501B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#584C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #525217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 82, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.079 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#858258',
    500: '#525217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #525217;
$custom-light: #858258;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#525217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42602,
    "c": 0.079,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#525217

secondary

#3C3C89

accent

#48DF48

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #525217

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

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