#505A42#505A42

#505A42 is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.040 H 126.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505A42
RGB	rgb(80, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(85, 15%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(85, 27%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 26.7%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.76, -8.79, 12.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.76, 15.36, 124.89°)
OKLab	oklab(45.17% -0.0235 0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(45.17% 0.04 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9477, 9.4111, 6.5510)
Luminance	0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505A42 #4C425A

analogous

#5A5842 #505A42 #445A42

triadic

#505A42 #42505A #5A4250

tetradic

#505A42 #425A58 #4C425A #5A4244

square

#505A42 #425A58 #4C425A #5A4244

split-complementary

#505A42 #42445A #58425A

monochromatic

#11130E #313728 #505A42 #6F7D5C #8E9D79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#505A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#505A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505A42

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505A42	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#515854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.040 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818876',
    500: '#505a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505a42;
$custom-light: #818876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45172,
    "c": 0.03968,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505A42

secondary

#7A6F89

accent

#70B88E

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFED

border

#C9CAC8

text

#0A0B08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #505A42

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

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