#525241

Color #525241

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 14.53 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#525241

RGB

rgb(82, 82, 65)

HSL

hsl(60, 11.6%, 28.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 20.7%, 32.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 20.7%, 67.8%)

LAB

lab(34.42, -3.32, 10.01)

LCH

lch(34.42, 10.55, 108.35)

OKLCH

oklch(43.3%, 0.0269, 107.56)

HWB

hwb(60, 25.5%, 67.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#414152

Analogous

#524941

#525241

#495241

Triadic

#525241

#415252

#524152

Split-complementary

#525241

#414952

#494152

Tetradic

#525241

#415241

#414152

#524152

Square

#525241

#415249

#414152

#524149

Shades

Color #525241 mixed toward black.

#444436

#37372b

#292920

#1b1b16

#0e0e0b

Tints

Color #525241 mixed toward white.

#74745c

#949478

#afaf9a

#cacabb

#e4e4dd

Tones

Color #525241 mixed toward gray.

#515142

#4f4f44

#4e4e45

#4c4c47

#4b4b48

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.64:1

White text reads better on this background (7.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525246 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#525247 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#52494a · ΔE 13

Achromatopsia

#515151 · ΔE 8.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #525241;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#525241]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#525241 (#525241) is rgb(82, 82, 65) in RGB.

No, #525241 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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