#504D16#504D16

#504D16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.074 H 106.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#504D16
RGB	rgb(80, 77, 22)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 72.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.97, -6.50, 31.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.97, 32.39, 101.57°)
OKLab	oklab(41.13% -0.0208 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(41.13% 0.074 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.1072, 7.0714, 1.8021)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#504D16 #161950

analogous

#503016 #504D16 #365016

triadic

#504D16 #16504D #4D1650

tetradic

#504D16 #165030 #161950 #501636

square

#504D16 #165030 #161950 #501636

split-complementary

#504D16 #163650 #301650

monochromatic

#181707 #201F09 #504D16 #807B23 #B0A930

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#504D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#504D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #504D16

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##504D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##504D16	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544A0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #504d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 77, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.074 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837e57',
    500: '#504d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #504d16;
$custom-light: #837e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#504d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.897,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41129,
    "c": 0.07439,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#504D16

secondary

#3A3E87

accent

#50E048

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #504D16

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

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