#50501E#50501E

#50501E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.070 H 109.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50501E
RGB	rgb(80, 80, 30)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.00, -7.67, 28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.00, 29.84, 104.89°)
OKLab	oklab(41.98% -0.023 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(41.98% 0.07 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.4114, 7.5367, 2.3450)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50501E #1E1E50

analogous

#50371E #50501E #37501E

triadic

#50501E #1E5050 #501E50

tetradic

#50501E #1E5037 #1E1E50 #501E37

square

#50501E #1E5037 #1E1E50 #501E37

split-complementary

#50501E #1E3750 #371E50

monochromatic

#161608 #23230D #50501E #7D7D2F #A9A93F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#50501E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#50501E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50501E

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50501E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50501E	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)

#564D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574E21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50501e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 80, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.070 109.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50501e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41975,
    "c": 0.07049,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50501E

secondary

#454585

accent

#53D553

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #50501E

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

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