#505B1E#505B1E

#505B1E is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.085 H 118.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505B1E
RGB	rgb(80, 91, 30)
HSL	hsl(71, 50%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(71, 67%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 67%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.52, -14.00, 32.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.52, 35.57, 113.18°)
OKLab	oklab(44.8% -0.0409 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(44.8% 0.085 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2838, 9.2814, 2.6358)
Luminance	0.0928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505B1E #291E5B

analogous

#5B471E #505B1E #315B1E

triadic

#505B1E #1E505B #5B1E50

tetradic

#505B1E #1E5B47 #291E5B #5B1E31

square

#505B1E #1E5B47 #291E5B #5B1E31

split-complementary

#505B1E #1E315B #471E5B

monochromatic

#141708 #282D0F #505B1E #78892D #A1B73C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#505B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#505B1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505B1E

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505B1E	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55564E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 91, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.085 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83895d',
    500: '#505b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505b1e;
$custom-light: #83895d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.82,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44795,
    "c": 0.08526,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505B1E

secondary

#524590

accent

#4EDA67

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFF0E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #505B1E

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

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