#72721B#72721B

#72721B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.105 H 109.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72721B
RGB	rgb(114, 114, 27)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 76.3%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.57, -11.05, 45.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.57, 46.40, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(53.56% -0.0351 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(53.56% 0.105 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.1551, 15.6916, 3.3725)
Luminance	0.1569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72721B #1B1B72

analogous

#72461B #72721B #46721B

triadic

#72721B #1B7272 #721B72

tetradic

#72721B #1B7246 #1B1B72 #721B46

square

#72721B #1B7246 #1B1B72 #721B46

split-complementary

#72721B #1B4672 #461B72

monochromatic

#191906 #41410F #72721B #A3A327 #D0D038

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#72721B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#72721B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72721B

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72721B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72721B	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6D09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72721b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 114, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.105 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d9a5f',
    500: '#72721b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72721b;
$custom-light: #9d9a5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72721b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53558,
    "c": 0.10532,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72721B

secondary

#4242A7

accent

#43E543

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F3F2E9

border

#CDCCC5

text

#0F0E05

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #72721B

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

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