#72794B#72794B

#72794B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.067 H 115.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72794B
RGB	rgb(114, 121, 75)
HSL	hsl(69, 23%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(69, 38%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 38%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.20, -10.57, 24.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.20, 26.56, 113.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% -0.0288 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.067 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.0469, 17.7603, 9.2907)
Luminance	0.1776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72794B #524B79

analogous

#79694B #72794B #5B794B

triadic

#72794B #4B7279 #794B72

tetradic

#72794B #4B7969 #524B79 #794B5B

square

#72794B #4B7969 #524B79 #794B5B

split-complementary

#72794B #4B5B79 #694B79

monochromatic

#2B2D1C #4E5334 #72794B #959E63 #AFB689

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#72794B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#72794B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72794B

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72794B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72794B	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E754D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77746D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72794b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 121, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.067 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b9f7e',
    500: '#72794b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72794b;
$custom-light: #9b9f7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72794b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.13,
    "s": 23.469,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55838,
    "c": 0.06652,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72794B

secondary

#837EA2

accent

#68C075

background

#F9F9F7

surface

#F2F2EE

border

#CCCCC9

text

#0E0E0A

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72794B

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

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