#505B0E#505B0E

#505B0E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.097 H 117.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505B0E
RGB	rgb(80, 91, 14)
HSL	hsl(69, 73%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(69, 85%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 84.6%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.40, -15.02, 39.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.40, 42.00, 110.95°)
OKLab	oklab(44.66% -0.0453 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(44.66% 0.097 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1288, 9.2194, 1.8194)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505B0E #190E5B

analogous

#5B3F0E #505B0E #2A5B0E

triadic

#505B0E #0E505B #5B0E50

tetradic

#505B0E #0E5B3F #190E5B #5B0E2A

square

#505B0E #0E5B3F #190E5B #5B0E2A

split-complementary

#505B0E #0E2A5B #3F0E5B

monochromatic

#171B04 #212606 #505B0E #7F9016 #ADC51E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#505B0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#505B0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505B0E

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505B0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505B0E	1.00	7.38	2.84	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#615616

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55554D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505b0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 91, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.097 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848955',
    500: '#505b0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505b0e;
$custom-light: #848955;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505b0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44663,
    "c": 0.09691,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505B0E

secondary

#3E3095

accent

#38F052

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFF0E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #505B0E

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

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