#505E12#505E12

#505E12 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.098 H 119.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505E12
RGB	rgb(80, 94, 18)
HSL	hsl(71, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(71, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 0%, 80.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.40, -16.47, 38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.40, 42.09, 113.03°)
OKLab	oklab(45.47% -0.049 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(45.47% 0.098 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4203, 9.7546, 2.0641)
Luminance	0.0975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505E12 #20125E

analogous

#5E4612 #505E12 #2A5E12

triadic

#505E12 #12505E #5E1250

tetradic

#505E12 #125E46 #20125E #5E122A

square

#505E12 #125E46 #20125E #5E122A

split-complementary

#505E12 #122A5E #46125E

monochromatic

#161A05 #242B08 #505E12 #7C911C #A7C526

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#505E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#505E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505E12

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505E12	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655802

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635819

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#555950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 94, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.098 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848b57',
    500: '#505e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505e12;
$custom-light: #848b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.053,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45471,
    "c": 0.09846,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505E12

secondary

#473596

accent

#3DEB5D

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFF0E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0C03

muted

#7C7D78

Preview Lab

Preview with #505E12

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

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