#50531B#50531B

#50531B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.077 H 112.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50531B
RGB	rgb(80, 83, 27)
HSL	hsl(63, 51%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 67.5%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.92, -9.68, 31.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.92, 32.83, 107.14°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% -0.0291 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.077 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.5995, 7.9713, 2.2277)
Luminance	0.0797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50531B #1E1B53

analogous

#533A1B #50531B #34531B

triadic

#50531B #1B5053 #531B50

tetradic

#50531B #1B533A #1E1B53 #531B34

square

#50531B #1B533A #1E1B53 #531B34

split-complementary

#50531B #1B3453 #3A1B53

monochromatic

#161708 #23250C #50531B #7D812A #A9AF39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.09

#50531B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#50531B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50531B

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50531B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50531B	1.00	8.09	2.59	8.09
#FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A501F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50531b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 83, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.077 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83835a',
    500: '#50531b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50531b;
$custom-light: #83835a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50531b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.214,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42703,
    "c": 0.07724,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50531B

secondary

#454189

accent

#4DDA55

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #50531B

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

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