#53531B#53531B

#53531B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.077 H 109.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53531B
RGB	rgb(83, 83, 27)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.5%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.20, -8.22, 31.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.20, 32.80, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.99% -0.0252 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(42.99% 0.077 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8586, 8.1048, 2.2398)
Luminance	0.0810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53531B #1B1B53

analogous

#53371B #53531B #37531B

triadic

#53531B #1B5353 #531B53

tetradic

#53531B #1B5337 #1B1B53 #531B37

square

#53531B #1B5337 #1B1B53 #531B37

split-complementary

#53531B #1B3753 #371B53

monochromatic

#171708 #25250C #53531B #81812A #AFAF39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01

#53531B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#53531B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53531B

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53531B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53531B	1.00	8.01	2.62	8.01
#FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A4F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#594E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53531b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 83, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.077 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85835a',
    500: '#53531b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53531b;
$custom-light: #85835a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53531b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42993,
    "c": 0.07653,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53531B

secondary

#414189

accent

#4DDA4D

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #53531B

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

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