#72784F#72784F

#72784F is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.060 H 115.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72784F
RGB	rgb(114, 120, 79)
HSL	hsl(69, 21%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(69, 34%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 34.2%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, -9.47, 21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 23.78, 113.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.68% -0.0254 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(55.68% 0.06 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.0672, 17.5750, 9.9942)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72784F #554F78

analogous

#786A4F #72784F #5E784F

triadic

#72784F #4F7278 #784F72

tetradic

#72784F #4F786A #554F78 #784F5E

square

#72784F #4F786A #554F78 #784F5E

split-complementary

#72784F #4F5E78 #6A4F78

monochromatic

#2C2E1E #4F5337 #72784F #949C68 #AEB48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#72784F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#72784F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72784F

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72784F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72784F	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)

#7E744C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77746D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72784f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 120, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.060 115.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72784f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.78,
    "s": 20.603,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5568,
    "c": 0.05982,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72784F

secondary

#8682A1

accent

#6BBD77

background

#F9F9F7

surface

#F2F2EE

border

#CCCCC9

text

#0E0E0A

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72784F

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