#72742E#72742E

#72742E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.093 H 110.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72742E
RGB	rgb(114, 116, 46)
HSL	hsl(62, 43%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 60.3%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, -10.92, 37.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 39.09, 106.21°)
OKLab	oklab(54.21% -0.0326 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(54.21% 0.093 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.6783, 16.2658, 5.0033)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72742E #302E74

analogous

#74532E #72742E #4F742E

triadic

#72742E #2E7274 #742E72

tetradic

#72742E #2E7453 #302E74 #742E4F

square

#72742E #2E7453 #302E74 #742E4F

split-complementary

#72742E #2E4F74 #532E74

monochromatic

#1C1C0B #47481D #72742E #9DA03F #BCBF5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#72742E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#72742E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72742E

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72742E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72742E	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D6F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72742e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 116, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.093 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c9b6a',
    500: '#72742e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72742e;
$custom-light: #9c9b6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72742e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.714,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5421,
    "c": 0.09255,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72742E

secondary

#5B59A5

accent

#55D358

background

#F9F9F6

surface

#F2F2EB

border

#CCCCC6

text

#0E0E06

muted

#7E7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #72742E

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