#505E40#505E40

#505E40 is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.050 H 128.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505E40
RGB	rgb(80, 94, 64)
HSL	hsl(88, 19%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(88, 32%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 0%, 31.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.99, -11.45, 15.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.99, 19.25, 126.49°)
OKLab	oklab(46.14% -0.0309 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(46.14% 0.05 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2362, 10.0810, 6.3614)
Luminance	0.1008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505E40 #4E405E

analogous

#5E5D40 #505E40 #415E40

triadic

#505E40 #40505E #5E4050

tetradic

#505E40 #405E5D #4E405E #5E4041

square

#505E40 #405E5D #4E405E #5E4041

split-complementary

#505E40 #40415E #5D405E

monochromatic

#12150E #313A27 #505E40 #6F8259 #8EA276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#505E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#505E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505E40

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505E40	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#515B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 94, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.050 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818b75',
    500: '#505e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505e40;
$custom-light: #818b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88,
    "s": 18.987,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46135,
    "c": 0.04969,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505E40

secondary

#7C6C8D

accent

#6CBC91

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEF0ED

border

#C9CBC8

text

#0A0C08

muted

#7C7D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #505E40

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

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