#52523E#52523E

#52523E is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.031 H 107.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52523E
RGB	rgb(82, 82, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 14%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(60, 24%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 24.4%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.35, -3.84, 11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.35, 12.39, 108.03°)
OKLab	oklab(43.27% -0.0095 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(43.27% 0.031 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3664, 8.1763, 5.7466)
Luminance	0.0818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52523E #3E3E52

analogous

#52483E #52523E #48523E

triadic

#52523E #3E5252 #523E52

tetradic

#52523E #3E5248 #3E3E52 #523E48

square

#52523E #3E5248 #3E3E52 #523E48

split-complementary

#52523E #3E4852 #483E52

monochromatic

#11110D #2F2F24 #52523E #757558 #969674

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#52523E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#52523E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52523E

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52523E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52523E	1.00	7.97	2.64	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55503D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56513F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#554F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52523e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 82, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.031 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828273',
    500: '#52523e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52523e;
$custom-light: #828273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52523e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 13.889,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43267,
    "c": 0.03141,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52523E

secondary

#6A6A81

accent

#71B771

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEC

border

#CAC9C7

text

#0A0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #52523E

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

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