#50523A#50523A

#50523A is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.038 H 111.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50523A
RGB	rgb(80, 82, 58)
HSL	hsl(65, 17%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(65, 29%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 29.3%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.08, -5.38, 13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.08, 14.87, 111.21°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% -0.014 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.038 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0893, 8.0456, 5.1817)
Luminance	0.0805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50523A #3C3A52

analogous

#52483A #50523A #44523A

triadic

#50523A #3A5052 #523A50

tetradic

#50523A #3A5248 #3C3A52 #523A44

square

#50523A #3A5248 #3C3A52 #523A44

split-complementary

#50523A #3A4452 #483A52

monochromatic

#11120D #2D2E21 #50523A #737653 #95986E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#50523A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#50523A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50523A

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50523A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50523A	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56503B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534F4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50523a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 82, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.038 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818270',
    500: '#50523a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50523a;
$custom-light: #818270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50523a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 17.143,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4298,
    "c": 0.03759,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50523A

secondary

#686682

accent

#6EBA74

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEC

border

#C9C9C7

text

#0A0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #50523A

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

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