#504E38#504E38

#504E38 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.035 H 103.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#504E38
RGB	rgb(80, 78, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 18%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(55, 30%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 30%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.79, -3.27, 13.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.79, 13.76, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(41.94% -0.008 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(41.94% 0.035 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7465, 7.4399, 4.8213)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#504E38 #383A50

analogous

#504238 #504E38 #465038

triadic

#504E38 #38504E #4E3850

tetradic

#504E38 #385042 #383A50 #503846

square

#504E38 #385042 #383A50 #503846

split-complementary

#504E38 #384650 #423850

monochromatic

#12120D #2C2B1F #504E38 #747151 #97946B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#504E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#504E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #504E38

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##504E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##504E38	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544B48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #504e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 78, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.035 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817f6e',
    500: '#504e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #504e38;
$custom-light: #817f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#504e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41944,
    "c": 0.03458,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#504E38

secondary

#646680

accent

#74BA6D

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEC

border

#C9C9C7

text

#0A0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #504E38

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

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