#524913

sRGB · 82 / 73 / 19

#524913 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 82 red, 73 green and 19 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 51.4° lands in the yellow region. Its 62.4% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 19.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (9.05:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 82, 73, 19
HSL: 51.43°, 62.38%, 19.80%
HSV / HSB: 51.43°, 76.83%, 32.16%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 10.98%, 76.83%, 67.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 5.980, 6.606, 1.576
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 30.893, -3.263, 32.109
WCAG relative luminance: 0.06606
24-bit decimal: 5392659

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #524913 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 2.32:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 9.05:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#131C52 sits half a turn (180°) from #524913 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#524913 #131C52

Analogous

#522A13 and #3B5213 sit 30° to either side of #524913. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#522A13 #524913 #3B5213

Triadic

#524913, #135249 and #491352 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#524913 #135249 #491352

Split complementary

Start at #524913 and look across the wheel. #133C52 and #2A1352 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#524913 #133C52 #2A1352

Square

Starting with #524913, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #13522A, #131C52, then #52133B. Across the square, #524913 pairs with #131C52, and #13522A with #52133B.

#524913 #13522A #131C52 #52133B

Tetradic

#524913 and #131C52 are opposites, as are #1C5213 and #491352. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#524913 #1C5213 #131C52 #491352

Tints

Mixing #524913 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #756D42, keeps 80% of the original. By #DCDBD0, the mixture is 80% white.

#524913 #756D42 #979271 #BAB6A1 #DCDBD0 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #524913 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #423A0F, keeps 80% of the original. By #100F04, the mixture is 80% black.

#524913 #423A0F #312C0B #211D08 #100F04 #000000

Tones

Mixing #524913 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #5B5429, keeps 80% of the original. By #77756A, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#524913 #5B5429 #645F3F #6E6A54 #77756A #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#524913

RGB

rgb(82 73 19)

HSL

hsl(51.429 62.376% 19.804%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #524913;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#524913 uses 82 red, 73 green and 19 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 32.2%

Green 28.6%

Blue 7.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #524913 is 0.0% cyan, 11.0% magenta, 76.8% yellow and 67.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 11.0%

Yellow 76.8%

Black 67.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #554411. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #541 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #524913 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #663300, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #554411 Nearest web-safe · #663300

Gradient to complement

#524913 #48421E #3D3A28 #333333 #282B3D #1E2448 #131C52

Color vision previews

Compare how #524913 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#51470B

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#534A16

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#59433E

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#51480F

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#534A15

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#534729

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#494949

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#4E4936

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.08438 G 0.06663 B 0.00651

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.31564 G 0.28753 B 0.11320

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.08122 G 0.06722 B 0.01219

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.422 y 0.466 Y 6.606

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 67.843 M % 71.373 Y % 92.549

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01010010 01001001 00010011