#72721F#72721F

#72721F 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	#72721F
RGB	rgb(114, 114, 31)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.8%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.59, -10.84, 43.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.59, 44.86, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(53.59% -0.0341 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(53.59% 0.103 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.2045, 15.7114, 3.6331)
Luminance	0.1571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72721F #1F1F72

analogous

#72481F #72721F #48721F

triadic

#72721F #1F7272 #721F72

tetradic

#72721F #1F7248 #1F1F72 #721F48

square

#72721F #1F7248 #1F1F72 #721F48

split-complementary

#72721F #1F4872 #481F72

monochromatic

#181807 #424212 #72721F #A2A22C #CBCB40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#72721F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#72721F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72721F

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#7C6D11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72721f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 114, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.103 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d9a61',
    500: '#72721f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72721f;
$custom-light: #9d9a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72721f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.241,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53587,
    "c": 0.10267,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72721F

secondary

#4747A6

accent

#47E047

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2EA

border

#CCCCC6

text

#0F0E05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #72721F

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

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