#504B16#504B16

#504B16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.072 H 103.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#504B16
RGB	rgb(80, 75, 22)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 72.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.34, -5.29, 31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.34, 31.53, 99.66°)
OKLab	oklab(40.63% -0.0173 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(40.63% 0.072 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.9694, 6.7958, 1.7562)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#504B16 #161B50

analogous

#502E16 #504B16 #385016

triadic

#504B16 #16504B #4B1650

tetradic

#504B16 #16502E #161B50 #501638

square

#504B16 #16502E #161B50 #501638

split-complementary

#504B16 #163850 #2E1650

monochromatic

#181707 #201E09 #504B16 #807823 #B0A530

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#504B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#504B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #504B16

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##504B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##504B16	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52480F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564640

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #504b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 75, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.072 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837d56',
    500: '#504b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #504b16;
$custom-light: #837d56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#504b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40626,
    "c": 0.07217,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#504B16

secondary

#3A4187

accent

#55E048

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #504B16

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

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