#72784E#72784E

#72784E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.061 H 115.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72784E
RGB	rgb(114, 120, 78)
HSL	hsl(69, 21%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(69, 35%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 35%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.96, -9.61, 22.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.96, 24.33, 113.25°)
OKLab	oklab(55.66% -0.0259 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(55.66% 0.061 115)
XYZ	xyz(15.0311, 17.5605, 9.8039)
Luminance	0.1756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72784E #544E78

analogous

#78694E #72784E #5D784E

triadic

#72784E #4E7278 #784E72

tetradic

#72784E #4E7869 #544E78 #784E5D

square

#72784E #4E7869 #544E78 #784E5D

split-complementary

#72784E #4E5D78 #694E78

monochromatic

#2C2E1E #4F5336 #72784E #959C67 #AFB48C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#72784E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#72784E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72784E

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72784E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72784E	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E744B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77736D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72784e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 120, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.061 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b9e80',
    500: '#72784e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72784e;
$custom-light: #9b9e80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72784e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5566,
    "c": 0.06115,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.1756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72784E

secondary

#8581A1

accent

#6ABE76

background

#F9F9F7

surface

#F2F2EE

border

#CCCCC9

text

#0E0E0A

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72784E

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

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