#50501B#50501B

#50501B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.073 H 109.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50501B
RGB	rgb(80, 80, 27)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.3%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.97, -7.92, 30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.97, 31.36, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(41.94% -0.0241 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(41.94% 0.073 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3749, 7.5221, 2.1528)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50501B #1B1B50

analogous

#50351B #50501B #35501B

triadic

#50501B #1B5050 #501B50

tetradic

#50501B #1B5035 #1B1B50 #501B35

square

#50501B #1B5035 #1B1B50 #501B35

split-complementary

#50501B #1B3550 #351B50

monochromatic

#171708 #22220C #50501B #7E7E2A #ACAC3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#50501B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#50501B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50501B

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50501B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50501B	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574E1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50501b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 80, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.073 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83805a',
    500: '#50501b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50501b;
$custom-light: #83805a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50501b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4194,
    "c": 0.07344,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50501B

secondary

#414186

accent

#4FD94F

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #50501B

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

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