#52521B#52521B

#52521B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.076 H 109.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52521B
RGB	rgb(82, 82, 27)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.1%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.79, -8.12, 31.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.79, 32.32, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.64% -0.0248 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(42.64% 0.076 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6950, 7.9077, 2.2104)
Luminance	0.0791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52521B #1B1B52

analogous

#52371B #52521B #37521B

triadic

#52521B #1B5252 #521B52

tetradic

#52521B #1B5237 #1B1B52 #521B37

square

#52521B #1B5237 #1B1B52 #521B37

split-complementary

#52521B #1B3752 #371B52

monochromatic

#171708 #24240C #52521B #80802A #AEAE39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#52521B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#52521B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52521B

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52521B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52521B	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A501E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#584D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52521b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 82, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.076 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84825a',
    500: '#52521b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52521b;
$custom-light: #84825a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52521b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42642,
    "c": 0.07551,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52521B

secondary

#414188

accent

#4EDA4E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #52521B

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

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