#73735B#73735B

#73735B is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.036 H 107.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73735B
RGB	rgb(115, 115, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 12%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 21%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 20.9%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.83, -4.40, 13.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.83, 14.03, 108.26°)
OKLab	oklab(54.87% -0.0107 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(54.87% 0.036 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.0892, 16.6618, 12.3167)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73735B #5B5B73

analogous

#73675B #73735B #67735B

triadic

#73735B #5B7373 #735B73

tetradic

#73735B #5B7367 #5B5B73 #735B67

square

#73735B #5B7367 #5B5B73 #735B67

split-complementary

#73735B #5B6773 #675B73

monochromatic

#2F2F25 #515140 #73735B #949477 #AFAF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#73735B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#73735B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #73735B

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73735B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##73735B	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77715A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78725C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77706C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73735b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 115, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.036 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b9b89',
    500: '#73735b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73735b;
$custom-light: #9b9b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73735b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 11.65,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5487,
    "c": 0.03568,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73735B

secondary

#8C8C9E

accent

#73B573

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F2F2F0

border

#CCCCCB

text

#0E0E0B

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #73735B

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

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