#505B15#505B15

#505B15 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.093 H 118.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505B15
RGB	rgb(80, 91, 21)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(69, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 76.9%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.45, -14.65, 36.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.45, 39.48, 111.78°)
OKLab	oklab(44.71% -0.0437 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(44.71% 0.093 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1849, 9.2419, 2.1147)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505B15 #20155B

analogous

#5B4315 #505B15 #2D5B15

triadic

#505B15 #15505B #5B1550

tetradic

#505B15 #155B43 #20155B #5B152D

square

#505B15 #155B43 #20155B #5B152D

split-complementary

#505B15 #152D5B #43155B

monochromatic

#161906 #24290A #505B15 #7C8D20 #A7BE2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#505B15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#505B15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505B15

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505B15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505B15	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55564D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505b15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 91, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.093 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#838958',
    500: '#505b15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505b15;
$custom-light: #838958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505b15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.429,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44711,
    "c": 0.09256,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505B15

secondary

#473992

accent

#42E65C

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFF0E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #505B15

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

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