#505E17#505E17

#505E17 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.095 H 120.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505E17
RGB	rgb(80, 94, 23)
HSL	hsl(72, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(72, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 0%, 75.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.43, -16.18, 36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.43, 40.21, 113.72°)
OKLab	oklab(45.51% -0.0477 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(45.51% 0.095 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.4658, 9.7728, 2.3035)
Luminance	0.0977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505E17 #25175E

analogous

#5E4817 #505E17 #2C5E17

triadic

#505E17 #17505E #5E1750

tetradic

#505E17 #175E48 #25175E #5E172C

square

#505E17 #175E48 #25175E #5E172C

split-complementary

#505E17 #172C5E #48175E

monochromatic

#151906 #262D0B #505E17 #7A8F23 #A4C02F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#505E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#505E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505E17

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505E17	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64580B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63581D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#555950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 94, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.095 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#838b59',
    500: '#505e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505e17;
$custom-light: #838b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.831,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45508,
    "c": 0.09511,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505E17

secondary

#4E3C95

accent

#44E464

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFF0E9

border

#CACBC5

text

#0B0C04

muted

#7C7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #505E17

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

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