#50520E#50520E

#50520E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.086 H 111.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50520E
RGB	rgb(80, 82, 14)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(62, 83%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 82.9%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.50, -9.91, 36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.50, 37.91, 105.15°)
OKLab	oklab(42.34% -0.0312 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(42.34% 0.086 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4050, 7.7719, 1.5781)
Luminance	0.0777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50520E #100E52

analogous

#52320E #50520E #2E520E

triadic

#50520E #0E5052 #520E50

tetradic

#50520E #0E5232 #100E52 #520E2E

square

#50520E #0E5232 #100E52 #520E2E

split-complementary

#50520E #0E2E52 #320E52

monochromatic

#191A04 #1D1E05 #50520E #838617 #B6BB20

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#50520E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#50520E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50520E

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50520E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50520E	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594E01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5014

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50520e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 82, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.086 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848253',
    500: '#50520e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50520e;
$custom-light: #848253;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50520e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.765,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42336,
    "c": 0.08593,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50520E

secondary

#322F8C

accent

#3AEE3F

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEEE8

border

#CAC9C4

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #50520E

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

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