#72705E#72705E

#72705E is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.027 H 102.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72705E
RGB	rgb(114, 112, 94)
HSL	hsl(54, 10%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(54, 18%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 17.5%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.94, -2.58, 10.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.94, 10.62, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(54.17% -0.0057 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(54.17% 0.027 102)
XYZ	xyz(14.7538, 15.9741, 12.8936)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72705E #5E6072

analogous

#72665E #72705E #6A725E

triadic

#72705E #5E7270 #705E72

tetradic

#72705E #5E7266 #5E6072 #725E6A

square

#72705E #5E7266 #5E6072 #725E6A

split-complementary

#72705E #5E6A72 #665E72

monochromatic

#2F2E27 #504F42 #72705E #92907B #AEAC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#72705E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#72705E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72705E

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72705E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72705E	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)

#746F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74705F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#756D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72705e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 112, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.027 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a998b',
    500: '#72705e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72705e;
$custom-light: #9a998b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72705e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 9.615,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54168,
    "c": 0.02714,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.15974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72705E

secondary

#8F909D

accent

#7BB375

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F2F2F0

border

#CCCCCB

text

#0E0D0C

muted

#7E7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #72705E

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

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