#50501C#50501C

#50501C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.072 H 109.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50501C
RGB	rgb(80, 80, 28)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.98, -7.83, 29.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.98, 30.86, 104.71°)
OKLab	oklab(41.95% -0.0238 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(41.95% 0.072 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3867, 7.5268, 2.2148)
Luminance	0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50501C #1C1C50

analogous

#50361C #50501C #36501C

triadic

#50501C #1C5050 #501C50

tetradic

#50501C #1C5036 #1C1C50 #501C36

square

#50501C #1C5036 #1C1C50 #501C36

split-complementary

#50501C #1C3650 #361C50

monochromatic

#171708 #23230C #50501C #7D7D2C #ABAB3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#50501C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#50501C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50501C

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50501C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50501C	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574E1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50501c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 80, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.072 109.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50501c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41951,
    "c": 0.07248,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50501C

secondary

#424286

accent

#50D850

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #50501C

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

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