#504A38#504A38

#504A38 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.030 H 91.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#504A38
RGB	rgb(80, 74, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 18%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(45, 30%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 30%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.55, -0.80, 11.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.55, 11.71, 93.93°)
OKLab	oklab(40.97% -0.0009 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(40.97% 0.03 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4709, 6.8887, 4.7294)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#504A38 #383E50

analogous

#503E38 #504A38 #4A5038

triadic

#504A38 #38504A #4A3850

tetradic

#504A38 #38503E #383E50 #50384A

square

#504A38 #38503E #383E50 #50384A

split-complementary

#504A38 #384A50 #3E3850

monochromatic

#12110D #2C291F #504A38 #746B51 #978C6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#504A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#504A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #504A38

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##504A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##504A38	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #504a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 74, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.030 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817c6e',
    500: '#504a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #504a38;
$custom-light: #817c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#504a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40967,
    "c": 0.0296,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#504A38

secondary

#646B80

accent

#81BA6D

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEC

border

#C9C9C7

text

#0A0907

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #504A38

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

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