#53503E#53503E

#53503E is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.029 H 99.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53503E
RGB	rgb(83, 80, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 14%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(51, 25%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 25.3%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.82, -2.17, 11.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.82, 11.29, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% -0.0048 0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.029 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3054, 7.9242, 5.7012)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53503E #3E4153

analogous

#53453E #53503E #4B533E

triadic

#53503E #3E5350 #503E53

tetradic

#53503E #3E5345 #3E4153 #533E4B

square

#53503E #3E5345 #3E4153 #533E4B

split-complementary

#53503E #3E4B53 #453E53

monochromatic

#12110D #302E24 #53503E #767258 #979274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#53503E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#53503E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53503E

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53503E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53503E	1.00	8.12	2.58	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55503F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53503e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 80, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.029 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#838173',
    500: '#53503e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53503e;
$custom-light: #838173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53503e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 14.483,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42876,
    "c": 0.02861,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53503E

secondary

#6A6E82

accent

#7BB771

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#EFEEEC

border

#CAC9C7

text

#0A0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #53503E

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

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