#523e00

Color #523e00

A vivid, highly saturated very dark yellow.

Closest named color Saddle Brown #8b4513 · ΔE 26.09 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-900 #733e0a · ΔE 12.4

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Conversions

HEX

#523e00

RGB

rgb(82, 62, 0)

HSL

hsl(45.4, 100%, 16.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(45.4, 100%, 32.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 100%, 67.8%)

LAB

lab(27.41, 2.75, 36.71)

LCH

lch(27.41, 36.81, 85.72)

OKLCH

oklch(37.5%, 0.0767, 87.98)

HWB

hwb(45.4, 0%, 67.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#001452

Analogous

#521500

#523e00

#3d5200

Triadic

#523e00

#00523e

#3e0052

Split-complementary

#523e00

#003d52

#150052

Tetradic

#523e00

#145200

#001452

#3e0052

Square

#523e00

#005215

#001452

#52003d

Shades

Color #523e00 mixed toward black.

#443400

#372900

#291f00

#1b1500

#0e0a00

Tints

Color #523e00 mixed toward white.

#997400

#e1aa00

#ffcb29

#ffdc70

#ffeeb8

Tones

Color #523e00 mixed toward gray.

#4b3b07

#44370e

#3e3415

#37301b

#302d22

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.05:1

White text reads better on this background (10.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4a1c · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#4b4d20 · ΔE 10.6

Tritanopia

#51282a · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#414141 · ΔE 20.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #523e00;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#523e00]

Related colors

Goldenrod #daa520

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Gold #ffd700

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Frequently asked questions

#523e00 (#523e00) is rgb(82, 62, 0) in RGB.

No, #523e00 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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