#78735E#78735E

#78735E is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.032 H 96.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78735E
RGB	rgb(120, 115, 94)
HSL	hsl(48, 12%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 22%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 21.7%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.34, -1.84, 12.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.34, 12.47, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.4% -0.0034 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(55.4% 0.032 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.8968, 17.0630, 13.0436)
Luminance	0.1706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78735E #5E6378

analogous

#78665E #78735E #70785E

triadic

#78735E #5E7873 #735E78

tetradic

#78735E #5E7866 #5E6378 #785E70

square

#78735E #5E7866 #5E6378 #785E70

split-complementary

#78735E #5E7078 #665E78

monochromatic

#333128 #565243 #78735E #98927B #B3AF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#78735E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#78735E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78735E

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78735E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78735E	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77725D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79745F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C706D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78735e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 115, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.032 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9b8b',
    500: '#78735e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78735e;
$custom-light: #9f9b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78735e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 12.15,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55401,
    "c": 0.03179,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78735E

secondary

#9094A2

accent

#80B573

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F2F2F0

border

#CCCCCB

text

#0E0E0C

muted

#7E7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #78735E

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

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