#504C42#504C42

#504C42 is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.017 H 88.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#504C42
RGB	rgb(80, 76, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 10%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(43, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 17.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.41, -0.32, 6.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.41, 6.55, 92.81°)
OKLab	oklab(41.72% 0.0004 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(41.72% 0.017 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8760, 7.2678, 6.1938)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#504C42 #424650

analogous

#504542 #504C42 #4D5042

triadic

#504C42 #42504C #4C4250

tetradic

#504C42 #425045 #424650 #50424D

square

#504C42 #425045 #424650 #50424D

split-complementary

#504C42 #424D50 #454250

monochromatic

#11100E #2E2C26 #504C42 #726C5E #928B7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#504C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#504C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #504C42

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##504C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##504C42	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #504c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 76, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.017 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817e76',
    500: '#504c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #504c42;
$custom-light: #817e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#504c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 9.589,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41722,
    "c": 0.01696,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#504C42

secondary

#6F737F

accent

#87B375

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #504C42

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

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