#504C38#504C38

#504C38 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.032 H 98.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#504C38
RGB	rgb(80, 76, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 18%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(50, 30%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 30%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.17, -2.04, 12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.17, 12.69, 99.26°)
OKLab	oklab(41.45% -0.0045 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(41.45% 0.032 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6065, 7.1600, 4.7746)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#504C38 #383C50

analogous

#504038 #504C38 #485038

triadic

#504C38 #38504C #4C3850

tetradic

#504C38 #385040 #383C50 #503848

square

#504C38 #385040 #383C50 #503848

split-complementary

#504C38 #384850 #403850

monochromatic

#12110D #2C2A1F #504C38 #746E51 #97906B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#504C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#504C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #504C38

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##504C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##504C38	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544947

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #504c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 76, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.032 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817e6e',
    500: '#504c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #504c38;
$custom-light: #817e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#504c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41454,
    "c": 0.03194,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#504C38

secondary

#646980

accent

#7ABA6D

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEC

border

#C9C9C7

text

#0A0907

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #504C38

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

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