Exploring the Color #504D13

#504D13 sits at 57° on the color wheel, placing it in the yellow family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 62% saturation and 19% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, deep tone — a weighted, dramatic presence with deep undertones. Its RGB mix of 80, 77, 19 produces a 8.71:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #504D13 is a distant relative of CSS olive drab — about 72 units away from #6B8E23. Designers reach for yellow hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want weight, depth, and grounded contrast. On screen the warm cast tends to pair best with cool neutrals around 210°-230° to balance temperature.

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