#72740F#72740F

#72740F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.114 H 110.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72740F
RGB	rgb(114, 116, 15)
HSL	hsl(61, 77%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(61, 87%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 87.1%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.11, -12.63, 49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.11, 50.94, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(53.97% -0.0405 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(53.97% 0.114 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.2715, 16.1031, 2.8609)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72740F #110F74

analogous

#74430F #72740F #3F740F

triadic

#72740F #0F7274 #740F72

tetradic

#72740F #0F7443 #110F74 #740F3F

square

#72740F #0F7443 #110F74 #740F3F

split-complementary

#72740F #0F3F74 #430F74

monochromatic

#1B1B04 #3D3E08 #72740F #A7AA16 #DDE01D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#72740F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#72740F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72740F

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72740F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72740F	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E6E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F711A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72740f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 116, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.114 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e9b5a',
    500: '#72740f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72740f;
$custom-light: #9e9b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72740f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.188,
    "s": 77.099,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53973,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72740F

secondary

#3633AC

accent

#34F438

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F3F2E9

border

#CDCCC5

text

#0F0E04

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #72740F

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

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