#505B11#505B11

#505B11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.095 H 118.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505B11
RGB	rgb(80, 91, 17)
HSL	hsl(69, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(69, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 81.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.42, -14.87, 38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.42, 40.98, 111.28°)
OKLab	oklab(44.68% -0.0447 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(44.68% 0.095 118)
XYZ	xyz(7.1507, 9.2282, 1.9347)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505B11 #1C115B

analogous

#5B4111 #505B11 #2B5B11

triadic

#505B11 #11505B #5B1150

tetradic

#505B11 #115B41 #1C115B #5B112B

square

#505B11 #115B41 #1C115B #5B112B

split-complementary

#505B11 #112B5B #41115B

monochromatic

#171A05 #232707 #505B11 #7D8F1B #ABC224

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#505B11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#505B11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505B11

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505B11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505B11	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625602

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605618

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55554D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505b11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 91, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.095 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848956',
    500: '#505b11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505b11;
$custom-light: #848956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505b11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.919,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44681,
    "c": 0.09519,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.09228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505B11

secondary

#423494

accent

#3CEB56

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFF0E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #505B11

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

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