#72722B#72722B

#72722B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.093 H 109.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72722B
RGB	rgb(114, 114, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.3%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.69, -10.04, 38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.69, 39.60, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(53.7% -0.0305 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(53.7% 0.093 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.3932, 15.7868, 4.6267)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72722B #2B2B72

analogous

#724E2B #72722B #4E722B

triadic

#72722B #2B7272 #722B72

tetradic

#72722B #2B724E #2B2B72 #722B4E

square

#72722B #2B724E #2B2B72 #722B4E

split-complementary

#72722B #2B4E72 #4E2B72

monochromatic

#191909 #46461A #72722B #9E9E3C #C0C058

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#72722B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#72722B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72722B

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72722B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72722B	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C702F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72722b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 114, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.093 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9d9a68',
    500: '#72722b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72722b;
$custom-light: #9d9a68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72722b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.223,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53699,
    "c": 0.09296,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72722B

secondary

#5555A4

accent

#53D553

background

#F9F9F6

surface

#F2F2EB

border

#CCCCC6

text

#0E0E06

muted

#7E7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #72722B

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

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