#534E16#534E16

#534E16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.075 H 104.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#534E16
RGB	rgb(83, 78, 22)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 73.5%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.58, -5.60, 32.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.58, 32.94, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(41.69% -0.0184 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(41.69% 0.075 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4367, 7.3460, 1.8378)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#534E16 #161B53

analogous

#532F16 #534E16 #395316

triadic

#534E16 #16534E #4E1653

tetradic

#534E16 #16532F #161B53 #531639

square

#534E16 #16532F #161B53 #531639

split-complementary

#534E16 #163953 #2F1653

monochromatic

#181706 #232109 #534E16 #837B23 #B4A930

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#534E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#534E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #534E16

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##534E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##534E16	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554B0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574E19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A4843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #534e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 78, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.075 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#867f57',
    500: '#534e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #534e16;
$custom-light: #867f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#534e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41689,
    "c": 0.07515,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#534E16

secondary

#3A418A

accent

#53E146

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#F0EEE9

border

#CBC9C5

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #534E16

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

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