#504E40#504E40

#504E40 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.022 H 100.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#504E40
RGB	rgb(80, 78, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 11%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(53, 20%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 20%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.97, -1.92, 8.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.97, 8.81, 102.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% -0.0041 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.022 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9580, 7.5245, 5.9353)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#504E40 #404250

analogous

#504640 #504E40 #4A5040

triadic

#504E40 #40504E #4E4050

tetradic

#504E40 #405046 #404250 #50404A

square

#504E40 #405046 #404250 #50404A

split-complementary

#504E40 #404A50 #464050

monochromatic

#11110E #2E2D25 #504E40 #726F5B #938F78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#504E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#504E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #504E40

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##504E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##504E40	1.00	8.38	2.50	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #504e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 78, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.022 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817f74',
    500: '#504e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #504e40;
$custom-light: #817f74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#504e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4215,
    "c": 0.02249,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#504E40

secondary

#6D6F7F

accent

#7CB474

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #504E40

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

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