#534D16#534D16

#534D16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.074 H 103.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#534D16
RGB	rgb(83, 77, 22)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 73.5%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.27, -5.00, 32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.27, 32.53, 98.84°)
OKLab	oklab(41.44% -0.0167 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(41.44% 0.074 103)
XYZ	xyz(6.3662, 7.2049, 1.8143)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#534D16 #161C53

analogous

#532E16 #534D16 #3A5316

triadic

#534D16 #16534D #4D1653

tetradic

#534D16 #16532E #161C53 #53163A

square

#534D16 #16532E #161C53 #53163A

split-complementary

#534D16 #163A53 #2E1653

monochromatic

#181606 #232009 #534D16 #837A23 #B4A730

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#534D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#534D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #534D16

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##534D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##534D16	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544A0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564D19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A4742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #534d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 77, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.074 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#867e57',
    500: '#534d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #534d16;
$custom-light: #867e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#534d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.098,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4144,
    "c": 0.07408,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.07205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#534D16

secondary

#3A428A

accent

#56E146

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #534D16

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

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