Information about #504A20 color

#504A20 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#504A20 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(80, 74, 32) — 31.4% red, 29% green, 12.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 2 / 19 / 69. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #504A20 reads as a pleasantly vivid sunny yellow and stays on the darker end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Bronze Olive (#584C25). Slightly further away sit Codium Fragile Seaweed (#524B2A) and Army Green (#4B5320).

Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(80, 74, 32)), which gives #504A20 its character. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #504A20: 9.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:69) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. No one has named #504A20 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#504A20 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#504A20 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #504A20

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Bronze Olive color link
Bronze Olive

#584C25

Army Green color link
Army Green

#4B5320

Lucy Green color link
Lucy Green

#4B531E

Kakadu color link
Kakadu

#554123

Dark Amber color link
Dark Amber

#594D27

Dark Gamboge color link
Dark Gamboge

#594627

Reets505 color link
Reets505

#505428

Rimutaka color link
Rimutaka

#4B3C23

Madras color link
Madras

#473E23

Deep Bronze color link
Deep Bronze

#51412D

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#504A20
  • RGB80, 74, 32
  • CMYK0, 2, 19, 69
  • CSSrgb(80, 74, 32)
  • HSL53°, 43%, 22%
  • HSL Precise52.5°, 42.857%, 21.961%
  • HSV53°, 60%, 31%
  • HSB53°, 60%, 31%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.314
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.290
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.125
  • GLSLvec3(0.314, 0.290, 0.125)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.314, 0.290, 0.125, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.314, 0.290, 0.125)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB31.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB29%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB12.5%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID504A20
  • DECIMAL ID5261856
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01