#505A17#505A17

#505A17 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.090 H 117.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505A17
RGB	rgb(80, 90, 23)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(69, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 74.4%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.14, -13.96, 35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.14, 38.16, 111.46°)
OKLab	oklab(44.47% -0.0415 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(44.47% 0.09 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1192, 9.0797, 2.1880)
Luminance	0.0908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505A17 #21175A

analogous

#5A4317 #505A17 #2F5A17

triadic

#505A17 #17505A #5A1750

tetradic

#505A17 #175A43 #21175A #5A172F

square

#505A17 #175A43 #21175A #5A172F

split-complementary

#505A17 #172F5A #43175A

monochromatic

#161806 #25290B #505A17 #7B8B23 #A7BB30

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#505A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#505A17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505A17

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505A17	1.00	7.46	2.82	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60550C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F551C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55554D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 90, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.090 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#838859',
    500: '#505a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505a17;
$custom-light: #838859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.955,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44467,
    "c": 0.08977,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505A17

secondary

#493C91

accent

#45E25D

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #505A17

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

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