#72701B#72701B

#72701B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.103 H 108.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72701B
RGB	rgb(114, 112, 27)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 76.3%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.97, -9.94, 44.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.97, 45.59, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(53.08% -0.032 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(53.08% 0.103 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.9319, 15.2453, 3.2981)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72701B #1B1D72

analogous

#72451B #72701B #48721B

triadic

#72701B #1B7270 #701B72

tetradic

#72701B #1B7245 #1B1D72 #721B48

square

#72701B #1B7245 #1B1D72 #721B48

split-complementary

#72701B #1B4872 #451B72

monochromatic

#191806 #413F0F #72701B #A3A127 #D0CC38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#72701B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#72701B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72701B

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72701B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72701B	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6B0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72701b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 112, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.103 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d985e',
    500: '#72701b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72701b;
$custom-light: #9d985e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72701b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.621,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5308,
    "c": 0.10318,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72701B

secondary

#4244A7

accent

#47E543

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F3F2E9

border

#CDCCC5

text

#0F0D05

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #72701B

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

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