#756E17#756E17

#756E17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.103 H 104.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#756E17
RGB	rgb(117, 110, 23)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 80.3%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.63, -7.58, 45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.63, 46.36, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(52.87% -0.026 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(52.87% 0.103 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.0673, 14.9962, 3.0167)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#756E17 #171E75

analogous

#753F17 #756E17 #4D7517

triadic

#756E17 #17756E #6E1775

tetradic

#756E17 #17753F #171E75 #75174D

square

#756E17 #17753F #171E75 #75174D

split-complementary

#756E17 #174D75 #3F1775

monochromatic

#1A1805 #423E0D #756E17 #A89E21 #D6CA30

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#756E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#756E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #756E17

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##756E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##756E17	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786A03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E665E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #756e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(117, 110, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.103 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0975c',
    500: '#756e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #756e17;
$custom-light: #a0975c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#756e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 117,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.532,
    "s": 67.143,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52869,
    "c": 0.10312,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#756E17

secondary

#3D46AA

accent

#4BEA3E

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F2E9

border

#CECCC5

text

#0F0D04

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #756E17

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

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