#72725E#72725E

#72725E is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.030 H 107.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72725E
RGB	rgb(114, 114, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 10%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 18%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 17.5%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, -3.73, 11.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 11.73, 108.57°)
OKLab	oklab(54.63% -0.0089 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(54.63% 0.03 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.9770, 16.4203, 12.9680)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72725E #5E5E72

analogous

#72685E #72725E #68725E

triadic

#72725E #5E7272 #725E72

tetradic

#72725E #5E7268 #5E5E72 #725E68

square

#72725E #5E7268 #5E5E72 #725E68

split-complementary

#72725E #5E6872 #685E72

monochromatic

#2F2F27 #505042 #72725E #92927B #AEAE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#72725E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#72725E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72725E

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72725E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72725E	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76705D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76715F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#756F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72725e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 114, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.030 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a9a8b',
    500: '#72725e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72725e;
$custom-light: #9a9a8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72725e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 9.615,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54626,
    "c": 0.02993,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72725E

secondary

#8F8F9D

accent

#75B375

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F2F2F0

border

#CCCCCB

text

#0E0E0C

muted

#7E7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #72725E

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