#52521E#52521E

#52521E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.073 H 109.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52521E
RGB	rgb(82, 82, 30)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.4%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.82, -7.88, 29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.82, 30.82, 104.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42.68% -0.0238 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(42.68% 0.073 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7315, 7.9223, 2.4026)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52521E #1E1E52

analogous

#52381E #52521E #38521E

triadic

#52521E #1E5252 #521E52

tetradic

#52521E #1E5238 #1E1E52 #521E38

square

#52521E #1E5238 #1E1E52 #521E38

split-complementary

#52521E #1E3852 #381E52

monochromatic

#161608 #25250E #52521E #7F7F2E #ACAC3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#52521E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#52521E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52521E

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#594F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595021

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#584D47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52521e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 82, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.073 109.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52521e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42677,
    "c": 0.07263,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52521E

secondary

#454587

accent

#52D652

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #52521E

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

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