#72794C#72794C

#72794C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.065 H 115.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72794C
RGB	rgb(114, 121, 76)
HSL	hsl(69, 23%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(69, 37%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 37.2%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.22, -10.44, 23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.22, 26.02, 113.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% -0.0283 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.065 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.0813, 17.7741, 9.4723)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72794C #534C79

analogous

#79694C #72794C #5B794C

triadic

#72794C #4C7279 #794C72

tetradic

#72794C #4C7969 #534C79 #794C5B

square

#72794C #4C7969 #534C79 #794C5B

split-complementary

#72794C #4C5B79 #694C79

monochromatic

#2B2E1D #4F5334 #72794C #959E64 #AFB58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#72794C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#72794C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72794C

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72794C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72794C	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)

#7F7549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E754E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77746E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72794c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 121, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.065 115.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72794c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.333,
    "s": 22.843,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55857,
    "c": 0.06523,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72794C

secondary

#847FA2

accent

#68BF76

background

#F9F9F7

surface

#F2F2EE

border

#CCCCC9

text

#0E0E0A

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72794C

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

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