#52521D#52521D

#52521D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.074 H 109.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52521D
RGB	rgb(82, 82, 29)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.6%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.81, -7.96, 30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.81, 31.33, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(42.67% -0.0241 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(42.67% 0.074 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7189, 7.9173, 2.3364)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52521D #1D1D52

analogous

#52381D #52521D #38521D

triadic

#52521D #1D5252 #521D52

tetradic

#52521D #1D5238 #1D1D52 #521D38

square

#52521D #1D5238 #1D1D52 #521D38

split-complementary

#52521D #1D3852 #381D52

monochromatic

#171708 #25250D #52521D #7F7F2D #ACAC3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#52521D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#52521D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52521D

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52521D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52521D	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)

#594F17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595020

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#584D47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52521d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 82, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.074 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84825c',
    500: '#52521d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52521d;
$custom-light: #84825c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52521d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42665,
    "c": 0.0736,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52521D

secondary

#444487

accent

#50D750

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #52521D

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

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