#72712E#72712E

#72712E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.089 H 108.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72712E
RGB	rgb(114, 113, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 59.6%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.43, -9.25, 36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.43, 37.69, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(53.5% -0.0279 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(53.5% 0.089 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.3381, 15.5853, 4.8899)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72712E #2E2F72

analogous

#724F2E #72712E #51722E

triadic

#72712E #2E7271 #712E72

tetradic

#72712E #2E724F #2E2F72 #722E51

square

#72712E #2E724F #2E2F72 #722E51

split-complementary

#72712E #2E5172 #4F2E72

monochromatic

#1B1B0B #46461C #72712E #9E9C40 #BEBC5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#72712E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#72712E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72712E

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72712E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72712E	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72712e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 113, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.089 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c9969',
    500: '#72712e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72712e;
$custom-light: #9c9969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72712e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.118,
    "s": 42.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53495,
    "c": 0.08896,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72712E

secondary

#585AA3

accent

#57D256

background

#F9F9F6

surface

#F2F2EB

border

#CCCCC6

text

#0E0D06

muted

#7E7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #72712E

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

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