#72705C#72705C

#72705C is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.030 H 102.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72705C
RGB	rgb(114, 112, 92)
HSL	hsl(55, 11%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 19%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 19.3%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.89, -2.92, 11.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.89, 11.79, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.12% -0.0066 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(54.12% 0.03 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.6653, 15.9386, 12.4270)
Luminance	0.1594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72705C #5C5E72

analogous

#72655C #72705C #69725C

triadic

#72705C #5C7270 #705C72

tetradic

#72705C #5C7265 #5C5E72 #725C69

square

#72705C #5C7265 #5C5E72 #725C69

split-complementary

#72705C #5C6972 #655C72

monochromatic

#2E2D25 #504F41 #72705C #939079 #AEAC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#72705C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#72705C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72705C

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72705C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72705C	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746E5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75705D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#766D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72705c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 112, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.030 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a998a',
    500: '#72705c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72705c;
$custom-light: #9a998a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72705c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 10.68,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54116,
    "c": 0.03005,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72705C

secondary

#8D8E9D

accent

#7AB474

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F2F2F0

border

#CCCCCB

text

#0E0D0B

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72705C

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

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