#50523C#50523C

#50523C is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.035 H 112.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50523C
RGB	rgb(80, 82, 60)
HSL	hsl(65, 15%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(65, 27%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 26.8%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.12, -5.06, 12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.12, 13.66, 111.73°)
OKLab	oklab(43.03% -0.013 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(43.03% 0.035 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1411, 8.0664, 5.4549)
Luminance	0.0807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50523C #3E3C52

analogous

#52493C #50523C #45523C

triadic

#50523C #3C5052 #523C50

tetradic

#50523C #3C5249 #3E3C52 #523C45

square

#50523C #3C5249 #3E3C52 #523C45

split-complementary

#50523C #3C4552 #493C52

monochromatic

#11120D #2E2F22 #50523C #727556 #949771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#50523C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#50523C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50523C

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50523C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50523C	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55503B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55513D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534F4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50523c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 82, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.035 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818271',
    500: '#50523c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50523c;
$custom-light: #818271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50523c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 15.493,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43028,
    "c": 0.03463,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50523C

secondary

#6B6882

accent

#70B876

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEC

border

#C9C9C7

text

#0A0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #50523C

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

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