#53520E#53520E

#53520E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.085 H 108.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53520E
RGB	rgb(83, 82, 14)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(59, 83%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 83.1%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.79, -8.42, 36.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.79, 37.90, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.63% -0.0272 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(42.63% 0.085 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6641, 7.9055, 1.5903)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53520E #0E0F53

analogous

#53300E #53520E #32530E

triadic

#53520E #0E5352 #520E53

tetradic

#53520E #0E5330 #0E0F53 #530E32

square

#53520E #0E5330 #0E0F53 #530E32

split-complementary

#53520E #0E3253 #300E53

monochromatic

#1A1A04 #1F1E05 #53520E #878617 #BCB920

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#53520E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#53520E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53520E

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53520E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53520E	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A4E01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5014

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A4C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53520e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 82, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.085 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#868253',
    500: '#53520e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53520e;
$custom-light: #868253;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53520e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4263,
    "c": 0.08517,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53520E

secondary

#2F318D

accent

#3DEE3A

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#F0EEE8

border

#CBC9C4

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #53520E

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