#504D17#504D17

#504D17 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.074 H 106.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#504D17
RGB	rgb(80, 77, 23)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 71.2%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.98, -6.43, 31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.98, 31.92, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(41.14% -0.0204 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(41.14% 0.074 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1170, 7.0753, 1.8539)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#504D17 #171A50

analogous

#503017 #504D17 #365017

triadic

#504D17 #17504D #4D1750

tetradic

#504D17 #175030 #171A50 #501736

square

#504D17 #175030 #171A50 #501736

split-complementary

#504D17 #173650 #301750

monochromatic

#181707 #201F09 #504D17 #807B25 #AFA932

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#504D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#504D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #504D17

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##504D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##504D17	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)

#544A10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #504d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 77, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.074 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837e57',
    500: '#504d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #504d17;
$custom-light: #837e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#504d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 55.34,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41139,
    "c": 0.07352,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#504D17

secondary

#3C4087

accent

#51DF49

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #504D17

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

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