#72721E#72721E

#72721E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.103 H 109.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72721E
RGB	rgb(114, 114, 30)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 73.7%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.59, -10.90, 43.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.59, 45.26, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(53.58% -0.0344 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(53.58% 0.103 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.1916, 15.7062, 3.5647)
Luminance	0.1571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72721E #1E1E72

analogous

#72481E #72721E #48721E

triadic

#72721E #1E7272 #721E72

tetradic

#72721E #1E7248 #1E1E72 #721E48

square

#72721E #1E7248 #1E1E72 #721E48

split-complementary

#72721E #1E4872 #481E72

monochromatic

#181806 #424211 #72721E #A2A22B #CCCC3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#72721E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#72721E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72721E

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72721E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72721E	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)

#7C6D0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72721e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 114, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.103 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d9a60',
    500: '#72721e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72721e;
$custom-light: #9d9a60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72721e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5358,
    "c": 0.10336,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72721E

secondary

#4646A6

accent

#46E246

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F3F2EA

border

#CDCCC6

text

#0F0E05

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #72721E

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

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