#52521F#52521F

#52521F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.072 H 109.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52521F
RGB	rgb(82, 82, 31)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.2%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.83, -7.79, 29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.83, 30.31, 104.89°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% -0.0234 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.072 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7445, 7.9275, 2.4709)
Luminance	0.0793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52521F #1F1F52

analogous

#52391F #52521F #39521F

triadic

#52521F #1F5252 #521F52

tetradic

#52521F #1F5239 #1F1F52 #521F39

square

#52521F #1F5239 #1F1F52 #521F39

split-complementary

#52521F #1F3952 #391F52

monochromatic

#161608 #26260E #52521F #7E7E30 #ABAB41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#52521F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#52521F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52521F

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52521F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52521F	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#584D47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52521f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 82, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.072 109.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52521f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.133,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42689,
    "c": 0.07162,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52521F

secondary

#464687

accent

#53D553

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #52521F

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

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