#504C40#504C40

#504C40 is a dark, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.020 H 91.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#504C40
RGB	rgb(80, 76, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 11%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(45, 20%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 20%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.36, -0.69, 7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.36, 7.77, 95.06°)
OKLab	oklab(41.67% -0.0006 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(41.67% 0.02 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8181, 7.2446, 5.8887)
Luminance	0.0725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#504C40 #404450

analogous

#504440 #504C40 #4C5040

triadic

#504C40 #40504C #4C4050

tetradic

#504C40 #405044 #404450 #50404C

square

#504C40 #405044 #404450 #50404C

split-complementary

#504C40 #404C50 #444050

monochromatic

#11100E #2E2C25 #504C40 #726C5B #938C78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#504C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#504C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #504C40

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##504C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##504C40	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #504c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 76, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.020 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817e74',
    500: '#504c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #504c40;
$custom-light: #817e74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#504c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41665,
    "c": 0.01997,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#504C40

secondary

#6D717F

accent

#84B474

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #504C40

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

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