#505E48#505E48

#505E48 is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.039 H 134.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505E48
RGB	rgb(80, 94, 72)
HSL	hsl(98, 13%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(98, 23%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 0%, 23.4%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.16, -10.03, 10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.16, 14.78, 132.71°)
OKLab	oklab(46.33% -0.027 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(46.33% 0.039 134.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.4804, 10.1786, 7.6475)
Luminance	0.1018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505E48 #56485E

analogous

#5B5E48 #505E48 #485E4B

triadic

#505E48 #48505E #5E4850

tetradic

#505E48 #485B5E #56485E #5E4B48

square

#505E48 #485B5E #56485E #5E4B48

split-complementary

#505E48 #4B485E #5E485B

monochromatic

#151913 #333B2D #505E48 #6D8163 #8C9F82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92

#505E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#505E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505E48

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505E48	1.00	6.92	3.04	6.92
#FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#505C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 94, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.039 134.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818b7b',
    500: '#505e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505e48;
$custom-light: #818b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.182,
    "s": 13.253,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46331,
    "c": 0.03876,
    "h": 134.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505E48

secondary

#84758D

accent

#72B69D

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEF0ED

border

#C9CBC8

text

#0A0C09

muted

#7C7D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #505E48

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

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